Tulwar sword
1700s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Tulwar sword, 1700s. India, probably Deccan. Iron hilt with gold; steel blade with gold; wood scabbard with velvet and metallic thread; overall: 96.6 cm (38 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of S. D. Wright 1930.704
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- Iron hilt with gold; steel blade with gold; wood scabbard with velvet and metallic thread
- Dimensions
- Overall: 96.6 cm (38 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Help [comes] from God, and Victory is imminent. Remark: The same line from the Qur'an 61:13 is repeated four times, twice on one side of the blade and twice on the other in gold inlay.
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1930.704
- Credit Line
- Gift of S. D. Wright
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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