circa 3000 BCE-2000 BCE
L. 33 cm (13 in.)
Metal with mixed-media scabbard
16th centuryJapaneseCopper
9th-8th century BCEGreekArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteBronze
2nd millennium BCEAnatolianBronze
11th-8th century BCEChineseMetal
19th centuryJapaneseIron
JapaneseCopper
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianBronze
6th-5th century BCEGreekMalachite- and azurite-encrusted bronze blade; greenish, brown jadelike guard
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLead
Bronze
13th-11th century BCEChinese