11th-10th century BCE
38.4 x 17.7 cm (15 1/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
Steel with traces of copper
16th-17th centuryIndianLeaded bronze
2nd millennium BCENear EasternStone
20th centuryChineseBronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternBlade: 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 centuryFrenchIron
JapaneseCast bronze
16th-11th century BCEChineseIron
JapaneseCast bronze
11th century BCEChineseLeaded arsenical copper
2nd millennium BCELevantineCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEIrish