Field Ensign, ca. 1500–1511, Egyptian or Syrian, Steel, L. 20 1/4 in. ( cm); W. 4 5/8 in. ( cm); Wt. 1 lb. 12 oz

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Field Ensign, ca. 1500–1511, Egyptian or Syrian, Steel, L. 20 1/4 in. ( cm); W. 4 5/8 in. ( cm); Wt. 1 lb. 12 oz. ( g), Shafted Weapons, Ensigns like this one often served as finials for standards, which were carried like flags to identify army units on the battlefield and in military reviews before the sultan. This ensign bears a Koranic inscription and the name of a Syrian emir, Sayfī al-Dīn Tarabāy, who is recorded to have commissioned a mausoleum in Cairo in 1503–4

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