The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Dagger

Dagger

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Dagger

Date:: 16th century
Culture:: Persian
Medium:: Steel, ivory, gold, silver gilt
Dimensions:: Length 12 1/4 in. ( 31.12 cm)
Classification:: Daggers
Credit Line:: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Accession Number:: 36.25.670

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Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: (on acanthus-shaped chape: mark of Turkish silver-smith) Inscriptions: a) topline (Ottoman Turkish "I asked for water from your dagger-wielder if you would drink but one it will run (appear) from your side") b) lower line (Persian "If I thirst his dagger is not laid down (does not descend) by my bloody desire no water will pass through this throat".) To Cornell Fleischer September 1980
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What
Metal (59,619)

Silver (14,061)

Gold (12,485)

Arms (9,345)

Gilt (9,068)

Iron and iron alloy (6,998)

Edged weapons (6,794)

Bone (6,371)

Ivory (5,396)

Iron alloy (3,417)

Steel (3,147)

Daggers (1,003)
Where
Asia (68,271)

Persia (204)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,612)
In the Museum
Arms and Armor (13,089)

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