Lead
GreekElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteWatered steel with gold overlay
17th centuryPersianCast bronze
16th-11th century BCEChineseCopper alloy
3rd-2nd millennium BCEUnidentified cultureStone
20th centuryChineseMetal
19th centuryJapaneseIron
JapaneseMalachite- and azurite-encrusted bronze blade; greenish, brown jadelike guard
5th-3rd century BCEChineseWatered steel with gold inlay
17th centuryPersianLeaded copper
3rd millennium BCEIranian