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Damascus steel

type of steel used in Middle Eastern swordmaking
Class type of: steel, Художественная обработка металла Q475736

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
type of mixture of chemical entities
Subclass of
steel, Художественная обработка металла
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6]
Different from
damascening[7]
Has part(s)
steel[5]
Intangible cultural heritage status
National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France[8]
Named after
Damascus[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Damascus steel ar نصل دمشقي ar فولاذ دمشقي ar فولاذ مدمشق ar سيف دمشقي ar الفولاذ الدمشقي ar الفولاذ المدمشق cs damascénská ocel cs damašková ocel da Damascering de Damaszieren de Damaszener Stahl de Damaszenerstahl de Damaszener Klinge de Damaststahl de Damastmesser de Damaszierung es acero damasceno es acero de Damasco es acero damasquino
🔖 Identifiers · 17
GND ID
4148757-6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Watered pattern on sword blade1.Iran.JPG ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300252429
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1WBUp8
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
312116
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/Damascus-steel
Freebase ID
/m/02d4k
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1939583
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
damasskaia-stal-450860
Lex ID
damascering
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776392920
Museum-digital tag ID
37319
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National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/67C615AE-E654-4F65-B2B5-04CED5253DC1
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1058657
Quora topic ID
Damascus-Steel
Reallexikon zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte ID
570
Yale LUX ID
concept/963778c4-e7dd-4137-9b48-09421d03469c

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Different from 1
damascening
Has part(s) 1
steel
Intangible cultural heritage status 1
National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France
Named after 1
Damascus
Subclass of 1
steel
← Different from 1
damascening
← Made from material 1
Curved saber of San Martín
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Summary

Damascus steel is a type of mixture of chemical entities[1]. It is a type of steel[2] and Художественная обработка металла[3].

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Damascus

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  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of mixture of chemical entities
    "Created claim: Instance of: type of mixture of chemical entities, batch #269334"
  2. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Damascus
    Has part(s) → steel
    Intangible cultural heritage status → National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France
    Different from → damascening
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
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