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Short Sword (Yatagan) from the Court of Süleyman the Magnificent (reigned 1520–66)
Sword maker Workshop of Ahmed Tekelü
ca. 1525–30
- Medium
- Steel, gold, ivory (walrus), silver, turquoise, pearls, rubies
- Classification
- Swords
- Dimensions
- L. 23 3/8 in. (59.3 cm); L. of blade 18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 8 oz. (691 g)
- Culture
- Turkish, Istanbul
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1993
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
