6th-5th century BCE
3.1 x 1.1 cm (1 1/4 x 7/16 in.)
dagger: watered steel with gold inlay and ivory hilt; wooden scabbard covered in leather
19th centuryPersianNiello stripes on hammer end, gold inlay around beak, silver inlay around eyes
10th-11th centuryTurkishIron
JapaneseElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanBronze
6th-5th century BCEGreekLead
Copper alloy
2nd millennium BCEEuropeanBronze
8th-5th century BCENear EasternMetal
18th centuryIndianCast bronze
14th-11th century BCEChineseCopper alloy
9th-7th century BCEIrish