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					Originally Posted by spiral
					
				 
				So a past muslim owner just put his own name on it perhaps?     
			
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 Hi Spiral
not owner ... "
amal" means; 
the one who has done  
 
- the scabbard ?? might be
- the blade ?? I doubt, the blacksmith sign on the blade
- the complete dagger ?? a possibility
BUT
I am sharing Alex analyse when he mention ; 
writing it is much later, very crudely done and not matching the rest of scabbard..  
for general information; owner in Arabic, is "sahreb" and we don't have that word 
 
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Dom