Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2024, 10:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th April 2024, 08:58 PM
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Help for translation of inscription in Greek.
Dear Greek speaking friends,
I need your assistance in translating the inscriptions on this incredibly interesting knife. I have some guesses, but my knowledge of the language is negligible. ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th March 2024, 10:20 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th March 2024, 09:36 AM
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With the help of a friend, the text was read...
With the help of a friend, the text was read .Year 1218 (Circa 1803). Made by Hajji (pilgrim) Nouh, owner Halil Ağa.
Ağa is a military rank which has no equvelance in today's miltary and it is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th February 2024, 08:08 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th February 2024, 08:05 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th October 2023, 11:04 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th September 2023, 10:05 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th September 2023, 10:56 AM
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This part of the Ottoman Empire is extremely...
This part of the Ottoman Empire is extremely diverse in its ethnic composition.Craftsmen of various nationalities work in the main arms manufacturing centers
and acquired experience in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th September 2023, 09:35 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th September 2023, 08:04 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th September 2023, 09:15 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2023, 10:28 PM
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There is not a single Bosnian knife in the...
There is not a single Bosnian knife in the photograph shown.They are characteristic of the region of Θεσσαλονίκη/Thessaloniki/Солун located on the territory of present-day Greece.There, the ethnic...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th August 2023, 06:49 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th August 2023, 08:11 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
15th May 2023, 08:07 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
14th May 2023, 10:52 PM
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Keris For Comments
Hello, dear collectors.
I recently acquired this interesting one for me keris. All I know about it is that it's Balinese keris.I know that the handle represents a stylized figure of Rakshasa. The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2023, 09:27 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2022, 11:54 PM
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Nice yatagan!Presumably made in Bosnia. ...
Nice yatagan!Presumably made in Bosnia.
Belosapce handjar is a translation of Serbo-Croatian and is not called that way anywhere in the world.(the literal translation is a dagger with a white...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th October 2022, 07:20 AM
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I have no idea of your nationality and of your...
I have no idea of your nationality and of your linguistic abilities:) Баба / baba -actually translates as grandmother , but here in this case the word comes from the Turkish language and means...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd December 2021, 08:55 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd December 2021, 09:59 PM
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Yataghan cartouche translation
Hello friends,
Can anyone please help me with the translation of the text in the cartouche of this yataghan?!How it can be dated?
Is it possible that one of the markings is a sultan's tugra?
I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2020, 09:14 AM
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You may be right that it was probably...
You may be right that it was probably manufactured in Tiflis.After consulting an expert , I will add that it was made between 1830-1840 in Tiflis , but the Persian influence is obvious!That was the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th June 2020, 09:28 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2020, 09:09 PM
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Fantastic job , kwiatek !!!
Thanks a lot for...
Fantastic job , kwiatek !!!
Thanks a lot for the translation!According to the inscription, it is possible that it was owned by a christian?
The name "Mikhail" is slavic and the "Seven Sleepers of...
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