Overall: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Cast copper
3rd millennium BCEIndianLead
Arsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCECycladicBronze
6th-5th century BCEIranianCopper
3rd millennium BCECypriotLead or Pewter
Iron
JapaneseLead
Cast bronze with gilded silver and engraved steel
19th centuryFrenchLead
3rd century BCEEgyptianBlade: 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 centuryFrenchLead