The correct name

mahratt · 15th October 2010, 05:33 AM

How correctly to name these items? Who knows?

Royston · 15th October 2010, 09:55 AM

Sosun Pattah ?

Roy

mahratt · 15th October 2010, 11:10 PM

http://www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=3202

Thanks Roy. Artzi doesn't name this sword, sossun patah. How to name a knife? Still opinions?

Lew · 15th October 2010, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mahratt

http://www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=3202

Thanks Roy. Artzi doesn't name this sword, sossun patah. How to name a knife? Still opinions?

The knife is a type of pesh.

A. G. Maisey · 16th October 2010, 12:09 AM

What I know about Indian swords could be written on the head of a pin, however, I do have a few references --- Egerton, Stone, Paul, Rawson --- in these the sosunpattah is shown with a slimmer blade, much like a yatagan.

A blade form is shown that comes very close to the sword under discussion, and this the Ajanta sword, however, no specific name is given for this sword form.

Ajanta swords date from the 6th - 7th century.

Possibly this much later sword has no common name, it may well be a sword that was commissioned as a copy of the archaic swords shown in the Ajanta cave frescoes near Aurangabad. As such it would come from the root of the kopis, as does the sosunpattah and a number of other blade forms.

This post has been made to encourage others with more knowledge than I have to demonstrate its incorrectness.

mahratt · 16th October 2010, 12:24 PM

Thanks! With a knife - have understood. Still opinions on a sword?

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mahratt Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Russia Posts: 1,042	http://www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=3202 Thanks Roy. Artzi doesn't name this sword, sossun patah. How to name a knife? Still opinions?

16th October 2010, 12:09 AM	#5
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,893	What I know about Indian swords could be written on the head of a pin, however, I do have a few references --- Egerton, Stone, Paul, Rawson --- in these the sosunpattah is shown with a slimmer blade, much like a yatagan. A blade form is shown that comes very close to the sword under discussion, and this the Ajanta sword, however, no specific name is given for this sword form. Ajanta swords date from the 6th - 7th century. Possibly this much later sword has no common name, it may well be a sword that was commissioned as a copy of the archaic swords shown in the Ajanta cave frescoes near Aurangabad. As such it would come from the root of the kopis, as does the sosunpattah and a number of other blade forms. This post has been made to encourage others with more knowledge than I have to demonstrate its incorrectness.

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mahratt Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Russia Posts: 1,042	Thanks! With a knife - have understood. Still opinions on a sword?