16th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE
39 x 10 x 0.8 cm (15 3/8 x 3 15/16 x 5/16 in.)
Metal blade with bone handle; leather scabbard
19th centuryMalaysianLead
Copper
15th-13th century BCEHittiteBronze
ChineseLeaded copper
5th century BCEGreekLeaded bronze
7th-6th century BCEGreekBronze
8th-5th century BCENear EasternBronze with turquoise inlay
11th-8th century BCEChineseBlade: 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 centuryFrenchWatered steel, jade
17th centuryMughalBronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternCast bronze
11th century BCEChinese