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Originally Posted by Rick
Betting it's a Bichaq .   |
I would back you with them odds
The hilt exhibits similar styling to the bone handled one here;
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=Bichaq
The difference is that it has steel and brass wire inlay, pique work only at the "eagle" head and has 4 big old mine cut rubies mounted on it, though saying this, not being a jeweller, they could just be faceted glass(jewelers report to follow).
Now, back to the translation???
Gav