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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2009 0:08:35 GMT
Are there any Assyrian empire swords around anywhere? From the reliefs they look like short straight bladed weapons, although I can't find any example of actual remains of one.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2009 0:36:33 GMT
Yes, Museum of Antiquities Bagd.....Oh, Never mind. ...........SanMarc.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2009 1:08:43 GMT
i wonder how Sumerian swords look?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2009 1:37:21 GMT
How about Babylonians Swords? Or you forgot to mention Syrian Swords? ? And Iraqi swords? ?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2009 2:11:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2009 2:20:59 GMT
Thank you Odin, the bronze at the time was hardened with Arsenic and not tin yet, called soft bronze, the Egyptians also used the soft bronze....SanMarc.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2009 8:30:55 GMT
That sickle-sword you posted was the only one I could find online, although I believe it is from a few hundred years before the Assyrians became a dominant empire. (aka 900-600 b.c.-ish) Assyrian equipment and stuff seems to be fairly rare online, save for a few tripod sites that more or less copy Wikipedia...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2009 8:31:59 GMT
How about Babylonians Swords? Or you forgot to mention Syrian Swords? ? And Iraqi swords? ? Let's not get carried away now!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2009 9:47:05 GMT
Are you talking about swords such as posted below?: Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2009 15:20:10 GMT
Good question; I've a passing interest in weapons from the ancient cultures of the east. Good stuff, Odingaard.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2009 21:01:26 GMT
Yeah, it was that style I was asking about...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2009 23:42:13 GMT
After the fall of sadom Husein, an unfortunate event took place...the looting of the Bagdad Museum, mutch was lost and destroyed. I do not know the burial practice of the Assyrians right now, but I think the weapons got reused/recycled....SanMarc.
(At the end of the bronze age, due to the shortage of tin, mutch bronze was recycled into other things)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2010 20:01:03 GMT
Thank you Odin, the bronze at the time was hardened with Arsenic and not tin yet, called soft bronze, the Egyptians also used the soft bronze....SanMarc. Wow thats really fascinating... i bet there were alot of rather nasty infections in those times...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2010 22:00:00 GMT
Not really all that much arsenic, I'm afraid, and not much would get into the wounds.
What it really affected were the smiths; they went lame after a while and then they died.
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