4th Century BCE
actual: 11.9 x 4.8 cm (4 11/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Mixed copper alloy, malachite inlays
2nd century CERomanPolished dark stone
3rd millennium BCEChineseArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCEIranianLead
GreekBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianMetal, ivory handle, incised gold floral design
17th-18th centuryPersianIron
JapaneseCast bronze
15th-14th century BCEChineseArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteCast copper
3rd millennium BCEIndianLeaded bronze
15th-13th century BCEItalicElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid
19th-20th centuryMycenaean