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A Very Rare Medieval Blade With Gold-Inlaid Kufic Inscription
13th/14th Century

27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£3,000 - £3,500

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A Very Rare Medieval Blade With Gold-Inlaid Kufic Inscription
13th/14th Century

In excavated condition and probably adapted from a broadsword blade, double-edged and cut with two parallel lines over each side, the forte on one side with the inscription '...bi-hamal' [with Glory], and with slender tapering tang
50.3 cm.

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