25th-21st century BCE
39 cm (15 3/8 in.)
Bronze
1st millennium BCEChineseMetal blade with bone handle; leather scabbard
19th centuryMalaysianIron
JapaneseMetal with wood and leather handle
18th-19th centuryMixed copper alloy, malachite inlays
2nd century CERomanBronze handle holding iron blade
9th-8th century BCEIranianLead
Bronze
11th-8th century BCEChineseIron
JapaneseArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCEAnatoliandagger: watered steel with gold inlay and ivory hilt; wooden scabbard covered in leather
19th centuryPersian