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English: The Kaskara was a type of sword characteristic of Sudan, Chad, and Eritrea. The blade of the kaskara was usually about a yard long, double edged and with a spatulate tip. While most surviving examples are from the 19th century, the type is believed to have originated around the early 14th century, and may represent a localized survival of the straight, double-edged medieval Arab sword. The kaskara was worn horizontally across the back or between the upper arm and thorax. According to British Museum curator Christopher Spring, “in the central and eastern Sudan, from Chad through Darfur and across to the Red Sea province, the straight, double-edged swords known as kaskara were an essential possession of most men.” - The Knohl Collection
Latina: Quod genus gladio erat Kaskara pertinet ad Aethiopiam Ceadda, et Erythraea. Plerumque de lamina kaskara virgae longo cum expauit spathulato extremum.Dum superstes omnium exempla sunt a 19th century et mane 14th century in circuitu generis est principium habuisse crediderunt, et salvos localized puta linea, duplex gladius anceps acutus Arabum medii aevi. Ponebatur in latitudine per kaskara aut umeri et inter hostis.
Secundum British Museum Curator Spring Christopher, "in media orientem ac felis, a dicto Darfur, in Ceadda, et trans mare Rubrum in provincia, in recta, quae duplex gladii ancipites in essential kaskara in Italia haberi a plerisque hominibus." |
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