1st-4th century CE
17.9 x 0.7 cm (7 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
"From Rome" according to Classical Collection index card; received as a gift of H.W. Bell on Feb. 2, 1911.
Copper alloy
1st millennium CEByzantine?Metal
18th-19th centuryAmericanGilt bronze
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseLeaded bronze
1st-4th century CERomanStone
3rd millennium BCEChineseWalnut or mahogany handle
18th centuryAmericanBone
1st-4th century CERoman?Silver
18th centuryAmericanPlaster
3rd century CERomanPolished and blackened buff-colored stone
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseMottled bluish green jade, calcified and gray to bone in color
1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CEChineseIron
Unidentified culture