Subject: cavalry
Culture: Ak Koyunlu / White Sheep Turkmen
Setting: Iran 15thc
Object: spear
* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
Steel
Possibly Anatolian,
14th-15th century
The surface is engraved with interlocking Arabic inscriptions, Koranic verses, and numbers. One of the inscriptions, 'Help from God and early victory,' suggests the use of this ensign in a military context."
