2nd Millennium BCE
9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Purchased from Ancient Art International (Richard C. Brockway), Middleboro, MA, 1999.
Arsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCEIranianCast bronze
11th century BCEChineseLeaded bronze
7th-6th century BCEGreekCopper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteBronze
6th-2nd century BCENear EasternBronze
6th-5th century BCEIranianBronze
11th-8th century BCEChineseBronze
13th-11th century BCEChineseSteel
19th centuryTurkishBronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChineseElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid, repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanCopper alloy
9th-7th century BCEIrish