5th century BCE
3.5 x 1.1 cm (1 3/8 x 7/16 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.
Bronze, the hilt inlaid with sheet gold
ChineseStone
20th centuryChineseBronze
9th-8th century BCEIranianIron
JapaneseSteel, jade
19th centuryIndianWatered steel with gold overlay
17th centuryPersianCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEHittiteLeaded bronze
16th-13th century BCEEuropeanBronze
6th-2nd century BCENear EasternIron
JapaneseBronze
2nd millennium BCEAnatolianGold
4th century BCEGreek