Arabic talisman translation requst

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi

Salaams Jim. Research indicates that boxes like these were worked(repouse or embossing) on as solid items filled with pitch and when decorated the pitch was warmed and drained out... Neillo. I see a lot in Persian, Turkoman, Silk Road artefacts but it expands to many areas with its primitive darkening technique which was originally soot, oil, sulphur charcoal then the surface polished leaving a blackened background. In Palestine they used a clever copying technique called "sand copying" essentially a "clay with sugar added" mold in which the pattern was set.

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

Ibrahiim, thank you again for the well explained information. It seems niello is one of those things I always kind of took for granted in noticing weapons, but hadnt looked deeply into its scope or history.

All best regards,
Jim