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What type of sword is this? - Oldpagan - 05-07-2007
On another forum I am on, this was posted as being a picture of a roman sword on display at a museum in Turkey. Can anyone ID it ?
Re: What type of sword is this? - lup_alb - 05-07-2007
This looks like a spear and also looks non-roman or maybe a roman variation of an eastern spear.
Re: What type of sword is this? - Robert Vermaat - 05-07-2007
Zulu assegaai?
Re: What type of sword is this? - Decebalus - 05-08-2007
The dagger/short sword down left with the shiny bronze grip looks Iranic (c. 1000 BC :?: ) to me. The other objects seem to be spearheads also of Near Eastern origin.
Greets,
Decebalus/Andreas Gagelmann
Re: What type of sword is this? - Matt Lukes - 05-14-2007
Yup, none resembles a Roman weapon that I'm familiar with, and the top one sure does look more like a speartip than a sword...