15th-14th century BCE
L. 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
Leaded bronze
4th century BCEGreekBlade: steel with gold-filled incised decoration and inscriptions; handle: braided brass wire over fabric on a wooden core; guard: cast brass and gilt bronze, with profile portrait of Lafayette enframed in draped flags; lion-headed pummel: cast brass with gilt bronze decoration
18th centuryFrenchCast bronze
11th century BCEChineseIron
JapaneseMetal
20th centuryGermanCopper alloy
9th-7th century BCEIrishCast bronze
15th-14th century BCEChineseMetal
18th centuryIndianBronze
ChineseRock crystal
17th centuryIndianCopper
15th-13th century BCEHittite