petermorwood:pomaranczbolu:Saber and Jarid (17th Century CE Ottoman Empire) (Met Museum) These littl
petermorwood:pomaranczbolu:Saber and Jarid (17th Century CE Ottoman Empire) (Met Museum) These little javelins were used for war, hunting and sport. IMO hunting, sport and one-on-one combat seem more likely than all-out war, as being an easier environments in which to recover the weapons. I’ve got no proof for that, except their elaborate, costly decoration - silver, gold, enamel, embossing - is unlike a simple war javelin which, apart from the reusable Roman pilum and a couple of other examples, was literally a weapon for throwing away.These dainty things look like something their owner would want back - I certainly would - and they’re also an interesting weapon for a fantasy world, something of a departure from the usual “broadsword and battleaxe” arsenal.Sometimes they were carried in multiples:…and sometimes the multiples had a sword alongside them like the OP image.This illustration from the Wikipedia article is captioned: Russian military rider with one djerid in the hand and two more in quiver on the belt.However a close look suggests that what he’s got is a two-spear / one-sword (with animal-head pommel) arrangement like the pics above. IMO. YMMV. -- source link
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