Overall: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Lead
GreekCopper
3rd millennium BCECypriotSword with ivory and bronze hilt; wooden scabbard
18th centuryIndianBronze with turquoise inlay
14th-11th century BCEChineseSteel
19th centuryTurkishCast 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 BCEChineseArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteLeaded bronze
4th century BCEGreekStone
20th centuryChineseBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianMetal with mixed-media scabbard
16th centuryJapaneseStone
20th centuryChinese