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    "localId": "97085",
    "label": "Dagger (Khanjali)",
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    "id": "97085",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Dagger (Khanjali)",
    "description": "A <em>khanjali </em>is a dagger popular with the inhabitants of Georgia and the rest of the Caucasus since ancient times. They often have a single offset groove on each face of the blade and the shape is similar to the ancient Roman gladius and the Scottish dirk.",
    "date": "1700s–1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.736.a",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.); Blade: 35.9 cm (14 1/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Transcaucasian, Georgian"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.736.a"
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    "tec": "carnelian?, steel, wood handle, copper alloy, and silver gilt",
    "tombstone": "Dagger (Khanjali), 1700s–1800s. Transcaucasian, Georgian. Carnelian?, steel, wood handle, copper alloy, and silver gilt; overall: 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.); blade: 35.9 cm (14 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.736.a",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.736.a",
    "creditline": "Gift of J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:13:53.438000",
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    "dept": "Medieval Art",
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    "med": "carnelian?, steel, wood handle, copper alloy, and silver gilt",
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