Hello, I am not experienced in the blades, but just to the sword generally:
The only one country, where I saw this type of hilt, was Tunisia -cca three very old swords during three years (not even Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Erithrea, Djibouti or Ethiopia).
My opinion is, the inscription is n o t Amharic or G´eez. (By the way, once I bought nice shamshir with a long Arabic inscription on the blade in gold from both sides. Nobody could read as long as I brought it to one old university professor, he read it and explained me the inscription was made in Northern Africa, whre
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