16th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE
39 x 10 x 0.8 cm (15 3/8 x 3 15/16 x 5/16 in.)
Cast bronze
11th century BCEChineseLead
GreekCast bronze with black and greenish patina and remnants of oxidized cord on the hilt and traces of wood on the blade; inscription (added later) inlaid in gold
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLead
Niello stripes on hammer end, gold inlay around beak, silver inlay around eyes
10th-11th centuryTurkishArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCECycladicBronze
2nd millennium BCEAnatolianArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteMetal with mixed-media scabbard
16th centuryJapaneseBronze
6th-2nd century BCENear EasternBronze
ChineseCopper
12th-10th century BCEIranian