second half 7th-6th century BCE
4.8 x 1.4 x 0.6 cm (1 7/8 x 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Brought from Sardis; by Frederick Marquand Godwin, New York, (by 1914), by descent; to his wife Dorothy W. Godwin, New York (1914-1964), gift; to the Fogg Museum of Art, 1964. Note: Frederick M. Godwin was the photographer for the excavations at Sardis with Howard Crosby Butler in 1913 and 1914.
Steel blade with chased and chiseled decoration, wooden handle with decorative inlays of metal, stone, coral, and mother of pearl
19th-20th centuryIndonesianLead
Bronze
12th-10th century BCEIranianVolcanic stone
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianIron
ChineseMalachite- and azurite-encrusted bronze blade; greenish, brown jadelike guard
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCopper alloy
9th-7th century BCEIrishIron
JapaneseMetal, ivory handle, incised gold floral design
17th-18th centuryPersianElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanLead
Arsenical copper
3rd millennium BCECypriot