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Gold-Embellished Steel
Sword Hilt
LNS 297 M
Steel, overlaid with gold
Length of hilt with the bail folded 162 mm; width at quillions 81 mm; diameter of disc 59 mm
India, Deccan (perhaps Hyderabad), c. 2ns-3rd quarter 17th century AD
Photography by Bruce M. White