Weapon Wednesday
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Weapon Wednesday: the "djanbīyya" dagger
Posted: October 9, 2013 - 08:43 , by Robert Mason
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World Culture, Weapon Wednesday
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![Janbīyah from Mughal India (2004x5.151) Janbīyah from Mughal India (2004x5.151)](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/2004x5.151_2.jpg?itok=xlLXdsHs)
The Middle Eastern two-edged curved dagger is one of the most recognizable weapon forms. Typically it is known by the Arab term djanbīyya sometimes Anglicised as "jambiya", or also often the Arabic term khandjar, but these curved daggers are found across the Middle East.
Weapon Wednesday: a Romano-Egyptian sword hilt
Posted: September 25, 2013 - 08:41 , by Robert Mason
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![Romano-Egyptian sword hilt number 910.175.328 (ROM Photography) Romano-Egyptian sword hilt number 910.175.328 (ROM Photography)](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2011_11878_6.jpg?itok=38a-3TdO)
A look at a cast bronze sword hilt, acquired before 1910 in Cairo by Charles Currelly and presently in the Eaton Gallery of Rome.
Weapon Wednesday
Posted: September 18, 2013 - 08:30 , by Robert Mason
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![Sword of Babylonian King Marduk-shapik-zeri, 1081-1069 BC Sword of Babylonian King Marduk-shapik-zeri, 1081-1069 BC](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2007_9215_1.jpg?itok=S5D8zVk3)
Weapons are one of the most politically-incorrect subjects there are, associated with brutality and violence. But they are also important, and have often defined the cultures that made them....