19th-20th century
Reproduction of original bronze blade with silver and gold inlaid decoration showing three running lions on both sides. The electrotype includes a handle with a reproduction of a gold pommel with a repoussé lion battling a spotted panther. The blade and pommel were found separately within the same burial in Grave Circle A at Mycenae.
33 cm (13 in.)
Bronze
2nd millennium BCEGreekBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteMetal
IslamicLead
RomanMottled reddish brown nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
11th-10th century BCEChineseIron
JapaneseIron
JapaneseIron
JapaneseLead
Bronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear Eastern