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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 7 (1973)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 7

"About the Sword of the Huns and the 'Urepos' of the Steppes"

Nickel, Helmut

1973

12 pages

This title is out of print.

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About the authors

Helmut Nickel

Met Art in Publication

Sword and scabbard, Blade: iron; scabbard and hilt: gold over wood, garnets, glass-paste; guard: gilt-bronze, Sasanian — Sword and scabbard
Sasanian
ca. 7th century CE

Piece from a Luxury Dagger, Gold, Langobardic — Piece from a Luxury Dagger
Langobardic
ca. 600

Sword with Scabbard Mounts, Iron, bronze, gold, silver, wood, Chinese — Sword with Scabbard Mounts
Chinese
ca. 600

Blade and Mounting for a Slung Sword (Tachi), Norimitsu Japanese, Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), silver, leather, cloisonné, gold, copper, mother-of-pearl, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Slung Sword (Tachi)
Multiple artists/makers
blade, late 14th–early 15th century; mounting, 19th century

Sheet-gold decoration for a sword scabbard, Gold, Greek or Scythian — Sheet-gold decoration for a sword scabbard
Greek or Scythian
ca. 340–320 BCE

Relief: two servants bearing food and drink, Limestone, Achaemenid — Relief: two servants bearing food and drink
Achaemenid
ca. 358–338 BCE

Plate with king hunting rams, Silver, mercury gilding, niello inlay, Sasanian — Plate with king hunting rams
Sasanian
ca. mid-5th–mid-6th century CE

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