IDENTIFIERS
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id:	162294
accession number:	ARM.186.1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 21 March 2013

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The blade is straight and single edged, of watered (Wootz) steel, narrowing at the forte into an integral ferrule carved at the top with a lotus bud and decorated in gold koftgari with flowers and wavy lines. The hilt is of silver inlaid in niello with the gardens of paradise, with flowing rivers, plants and pavilions. The Pommel is divided into two ears. The scabbard is of wood covered in green velvet with silver throat and chape matching the hilt, with a knop terminal to the chape.
Inlaid in gold on the blade the maker’s name Baqr.
title:	knife

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162294





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1899

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: mm
value: 282

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 140