Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1844 - 1845. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Owner Ahmed. steel, bone, silver, glass, coral, copper; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work, gilding yatagan: 615 : 485 : 30 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013088 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of yellowish bone, with smallish faceted ears. Band of gilt copper decorated with filigree work and six coral beads. On the continuation of the hilt, filigree work decoration with ringlet and on the leaf-shaped part of the blade, along with filigree decoration, two green glass eyes. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with two narrow fullers along the ridge. With two narrow fullers along the ridge. On the blade on one side a silver damascened medallion with the seal of Solomon or the solar circle in a medallion. On the other side an Arabic inscription that in translation runs: 'The year 1260. (AH) ... owner Ahmed'. Wants scabbard. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Boskovic, Dora. Zbirka jatagana u Hrvatskom povijesnom muzeju u Zagrebu = The Yatagan Collection of the Croatian History Museum, Zagreb. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XLI. Zagreb : Hrvatski povijesni muzej, 2006. Kat. No. 75; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 65.