Судан и Большой Ближний Восток

239 Alexander S. Matveev. A Case of Survival of an Early Medieval Straight Sword... Egerton collection which he considered as beingmost likely fromSolin- gen, “has been engraved roughly by native workmen, 1 2 in imitation of other European blades, near the handle with six-pointed stars and the sun and moon, with human faces introduced into them on both sides; but the artist could not draw the outline of a face accurately.” 3 These ‘stamps’ (in fact, their imitations) are the most typical for the kaskara blades (see a detailed stamps’ analysis by Edwin Hunley 4 ). It was a common feature for the ‘Oriental’ swords of the time to have European, mostly Solingen, blades —not only in Sudan, but also 1 https://www.albayan.ae/economy/2010-10-01-1.288645 (accessed: 30.08.2022). 2 G. S. Reed. Kaskara from Northern Darfur, Sudan. Pl. LV, D. 3 Egerton R. Op. cit. P. 168. 4 Hunley E. Kaskara Fuller Styles & Names. P. 8–12. 2 3 1 Fig. 4. 1 — ‘Qur’anic boards’ — lawh; 2 — Children studying Qur’an in a traditional khalwa school in Omdurman 1 ;3—cartouche with an Arabic inscription on a kaskara blade  2