first half 4th century BCE
6.8 x 2.1 cm (2 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Ritsos Collection. David M. Robinson, Baltimore, MD, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960.
Copper alloy
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2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternIron
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5th-3rd century BCEChineseBronze
ChineseBronze
ChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanCast bronze
11th century BCEChineseElectrotype of original bronze blade with wood and agate; incised
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19th-20th centuryMycenaeanBronze
8th-5th century BCENear EasternBronze
6th-2nd century BCENear Eastern