475 BCE - 221 BCE
guard: 1.1 x 5.4 x 2.7 cm (7/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.) sword: 62 cm (24 7/16 in.)
Iron
ScythianSteel, jade
19th centuryIndianMetal with mixed-media scabbard
16th centuryJapaneseStone
ChineseArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianLead
Copper alloy
2nd millennium BCEEuropeanBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanLeaded copper
5th century BCEGreekCopper
3rd millennium BCECypriotStone
20th centuryChinese