The York Anglo-Saxon Helmet, The Riverside Arts Centre Museum, Nottingham, 6.1.18.
Created around 750 to 775 CE, this Anglo-Saxon helmet is inscribed with Latin across the top and features the name of the helmet’s owner ‘Oshere’ above the nose guard. It is likely that the translation reads ‘Warrior of the Royal House of Os’, linking it to a royal family in northern England.
Persian sword mounted with a mace like long handle but having a sword blade, the blade is engraved with mirror floral pattern and gold koftgari of great quality. The engravings are high quality showing a good age and of typical Persian origin. Possibly a dervish sword.
Sarmatian Loop Handled Dagger, 5th Century BC – 4th Century AD
An iron dagger with lozenge-section triangular two-edged blade, narrow scaphoid bolster, leaf-shaped hilt, ring finial; mounted on a custom-made stand. 47cm including stand (18 ½")
|| okay so with a solid find of glass and a super thin bulb right behind it, in theory the fin would snap off and stay in the target while the bulb shatters and spills its explosive stuff. with the right arrow socket the shaft is theoretically reusable, depending on how big the explosion is.
aLSO the scale for the actual arrowhead part is maybe an inch tall, so it’s like a thimble’s worth of explodey juice. just enough to be Awkward for whoever it hits ||
Chilta hazar masha (coat of a thousand nails), kulah khud (helmet), bazu
band (arm guards). Indian armored clothing made from layers of fabric
faced with velvet and studded with numerous small brass nails, which
were often gilded. Fabric armor was very popular in India because metal
became very hot under the Indian sun. This example has additional armor
plates on the chest area, arms, and thighs. Hermitage Museum.
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