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
Arsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCEIranianRock crystal
17th centuryIndianBronze, silver rivets
2nd millennium BCEMinoanGreen nephrite
1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CEChineseBronze
ChineseSteel with traces of copper
16th-17th centuryIndianArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCEGreekCast bronze
15th-14th century BCEChineseElectrotype of original bronze blade with wood and agate; incised
19th-20th centuryMycenaean