19th-20th century
Reproduction of bronze blade with a gold hilt. Engraved with running horses. Original from grave Circle A at Mycenae.
74 cm (29 1/8 in.)
Arsenical copper
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianLeaded bronze
16th-13th century BCEEuropeanIron
Scythianlimestone
2nd millennium BCEHurrianCast copper
3rd millennium BCEIndianSteel with traces of copper
16th-17th centuryIndianBronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChineseMixed copper alloy, malachite inlays
2nd century CERomanIron
JapaneseBronze
ChineseCast bronze
15th-14th century BCEChinese