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Source Description
The chased front of the sheath is has a perforated, arabesque floral and tendril décor. The buckle is a modern replacement and has rhombic and bead-molded attachments. The tip is formed in the shape of a bud.The back is blank, but has a stamp with the date in Arabic: Qifal 1176. The date belongs to the reign of al-Mahdi al "Abbas (AH 1161-1189/AD 1748-1775).An engraved inscription in Hebrew names the silversmith: Sulayman Maswari, rub'i. The term "rub'i" is Arabic (but written here in Hebrew script) and means "half."
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Document identity
localId
80931
label
Sheath of a Thuma
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
id
80931
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Sheath of a Thuma
description
The chased front of the sheath is has a perforated, arabesque floral and tendril décor. The buckle is a modern replacement and has rhombic and bead-molded attachments. The tip is formed in the shape of a bud.The back is blank, but has a stamp with the date in Arabic: Qifal 1176. The date belongs to the reign of al-Mahdi al "Abbas (AH 1161-1189/AD 1748-1775).An engraved inscription in Hebrew names the silversmith: Sulayman Maswari, rub'i. The term "rub'i" is Arabic (but written here in Hebrew script) and means "half."
provenance
Mr. Derek Content and Mr. Benjamin Zucker [Zucker Family Trust] London and New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.
date
1176 AH/AD 1762-1763
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
daggers
sheaths (cases)
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4
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4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24
height
6.1
dimensionsRaw
L: 9 7/16 x W: 2 3/8 in. (24 x 6.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Zaydi Muslim
inscriptions
[Stamp] In Arabic: Qifal 1176; [Engraved] In Hebrew: Sulayman Maswari
rub'i
reign
Al-Mahdi al ‘Abbas (AH 1161–1189/AD 1748–1775)
med
silver with remains of gilding
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18947
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SAY
ARM
exhibition_ids
3181
3562
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