20th century
33.34 x 6.35 cm (13 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Arsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteStone
20th centuryChineseMetal with mixed-media scabbard
16th centuryJapaneseMalachite- and azurite-encrusted bronze blade; greenish, brown jadelike guard
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianBronze with turquoise inlay
ChineseLeaded bronze
4th century BCEGreekCopper alloy
9th-7th century BCEIrishLead
dagger: watered steel with gold inlay and ivory hilt; wooden scabbard covered in leather
19th centuryPersianSteel, jade
19th centuryIndian