1st Millennium CE
8 x 1.6 x 0.5 cm (3 1/8 x 5/8 x 3/16 in.)
Excavated from Antioch, sector 17-O (no. a-394-U544) (Turkey, Hatay) by the Syrian Department of Antiquities (later the Hatay government) and the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and Its Vicinity, (1935-1939), dispersed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1939.
Walnut or mahogany handle
18th centuryAmericanStone
Mixed copper alloy
1st-2nd century CERomanBronze
1st-2nd millennium CERomanCopper alloy
1st-3rd century CERomanCarved wood with three Chinese characters reading "Hae Kyo T'aek" (Mandarin Chinese, "Hai Qiao Zhai") carved on the back
19th-20th centuryKoreanCast bronze with gray-green patina
14th-11th century BCEChineseLeaded bronze
1st-4th century CERomanTerracotta
3rd-2nd millennium BCEHelladicBronze
1st-2nd millennium CERomanBronze
1st-5th century CERomanTerracotta
2nd millennium BCEMycenaean