25th-21st century BCE
4.5 x 50.2 cm (1 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.)
Purchased from the Cesnola (Cypriote) Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Cast copper
3rd millennium BCEIndianBronze
ChineseCast 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 BCEChineseLeaded bronze
2nd millennium BCENear EasternSteel
17th centuryPersianLead
GreekArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteIron
JapaneseIron
ScythianPale greenish white nephrite with brass fittings; the steel blade with embellished brass handle and red hardstone handle end; Mughal style
18th-19th centuryChineseBronze
2nd millennium BCEGreekStone
Chinese