2nd Millennium BCE
9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Purchased from Ancient Art International (Richard C. Brockway), Middleboro, MA, 1999.
Steel
17th-18th centuryIndianMetal with wood and leather handle
18th-19th centuryLead
Arsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteBronze, silver rivets
2nd millennium BCEMinoanStone
20th centuryChineseBronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChineseCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEIrishGilt bronze
8th centuryChineseBronze with turquoise inlay
ChineseSpearhead: steel; Sheath: wood, leather
17th-20th centuryIndianCopper alloy
3rd-2nd millennium BCEUnidentified culture