in excavated condition, with broad flat blade tapering at the tip, straight cross-piece with slightly down-curved lower-edge and swelling towards the tips, and large wheel-shaped pommel, 81.5 cm blade

The hilt of this sword is related to those preserved in the Military Museum Istanbul and associated with the period circa 1392-1408 during which time there were numerous raids and skirmishes by the Mamluk forces against the Christian Kingdom of Lesser Armenia. See Alexander 1985, pp. 81-119, nos. 32, 38, 39.