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.
Lead
Bronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChineseMetal
18th centuryIndianBronze
8th-5th century BCENear EasternElectrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanLeaded bronze
4th century BCEGreekBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianSteel with traces of copper
16th-17th centuryIndianGilt bronze
8th centuryChineseBronze with turquoise inlay
11th-8th century BCEChineseStone
20th centuryChinese