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24th July 2014, 04:19 PM
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Spearhead for comments
Hello,
I have bought this spearhead, I thought its Indian judging by the quality but could be north African? Once cleaned, some script appeared on the socket. |
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25th July 2014, 01:43 AM
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A nice Indian spear. It appears to have Bikaner armory markings. Probably dates to 17th-late 18th C. or so.
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25th July 2014, 10:41 AM
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Strange - the head of this spear does look exactly like the tip of an older East African (Masai etc) spear ?
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25th July 2014, 02:05 PM
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Arabian spears look like this too. The blade has excellent quality.
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25th July 2014, 03:35 PM
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These are supposedly Arabian spears. So I guess it is Arabian... now the script... could be Arabic but I am not being able to read it? Its currently in Qatar and should be sent to me later on.
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25th July 2014, 05:00 PM
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I have this Arab gun, which has inscriptions of similar style / language?
Perhaps it could help pin-point your spear? Regards Runjeet |
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25th July 2014, 05:01 PM
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Not to derail the thread, but the last spear on the right in the book image looks very much like a form common on Somalia.
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25th July 2014, 07:01 PM
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Supposedly some Arab spears look like that Somali one too :/ hmmm
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