13th-11th century BCE
L. 29.2 x W. 6.7 cm (11 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.)
Dr. and Mrs. Milford D. Schulz purchased at the Louis Joseph auction company, Boston (ca. 1950s).
Copper alloy
9th-7th century BCEIrishPolished dark stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseNephrite
Chinesedagger: watered steel with gold inlay and ivory hilt; wooden scabbard covered in leather
19th centuryPersianBronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternBronze
ChineseCopper-lead-arsenic alloy
2nd millennium BCEAnatolianArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCEIranianLead
Arsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteLead
Iron
Japanese