Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Islamic lance head for I.D. & translation

ALEX · 28th July 2009, 12:13 PM

Colin,
Nice spear head. Indo-Persian for sure, and does look 19th Century Persian. Although its shape of typical Qajar form, the writing style is quite unusual for the type ... but I'd still attribute it to the late 19th Century Qajar period.
I like the double-groove feature, and would not be surprised if the blade is of wootz steel (I'd definitely test-etch it, Colin).
The Koranic writing goes like this: "Don't consider those killed (in the name of God) to be dead. They are alive with their God sustaining them".

28th July 2009, 12:13 PM	#2
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	Colin, Nice spear head. Indo-Persian for sure, and does look 19th Century Persian. Although its shape of typical Qajar form, the writing style is quite unusual for the type ... but I'd still attribute it to the late 19th Century Qajar period. I like the double-groove feature, and would not be surprised if the blade is of wootz steel (I'd definitely test-etch it, Colin). The Koranic writing goes like this: "Don't consider those killed (in the name of God) to be dead. They are alive with their God sustaining them".