IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 162558 accession number: TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS24 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 8 January 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Of steel, circular and formed in a shallow dome, chiselled with a central zone of chiselled and gilt hunting scenes in which riders with spears, bows and swords slay a variety of wildlife. Around the edge are calligraphic medallions in Nastaliq. In the centre is a medallion inscribed and gilt βal sultan Nazir Shah 1304β. Nasir Shah is the Qajar Nasir al din Shah ibn Muhammad (r.1848β95). There are four bosses, with pierced lugs inside. The shield is lined with red cotton. The lining is stained and damaged round the edge. title: shield LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162558 SUBJECTS ------------------- hunting hunting CATEGORIES ------ category: armour category: Persian armour DATING ------ creation date: 1886 - 1887 creation date earliest: 1886 creation date latest: 1887 CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: mm value: 520 dimension: Weight units: g value: 2340