Is this a scimitar? From where? When?

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Originally Posted by Victrix

Damasco is French/Spanish/Portuguese for Damascus.

Are you sure, Victrix ?
What i know is that, the French term is DAMAS.
Given that the inscription in this blade spine is hardly Portuguese, we have that the engraver used the Spanish word. One thesis would be that this engraving was a later addition, as the probability that such mark, more with such spelling, was used when and where this blade was forged, is a reduced one.