Weapons and AmmunitionUnidentified culture3rd-2nd millennium BCE

Dagger Blade

3rd-late 2nd Millennium BCE

Classification

Weapons and Ammunition

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Copper alloy

Culture

Unidentified culture

Period

Bronze Age

Century

3rd-2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

16.3 x 3.2 cm (6 7/16 x 1 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Related Artworks

Weapons and Ammunition

Long Knife and Jade Scabbard, the Scabbard with 'Chilong' and Scrolling Floral Decor

Unknown Artist, late 18th-early 19th century

Pale greenish white nephrite with brass fittings; the steel blade with embellished brass handle and red hardstone handle end; Mughal style

18th-19th centuryChinese

Weapons and Ammunition

Dagger Blade

Unknown Artist, 3rd-late 2nd Millennium BCE

Copper alloy

3rd-2nd millennium BCEUnidentified culture

Weapons and Ammunition

Provincial Kaga Aoe-Type Long Sword (Katana)

Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, circa early to mid 16th century

Metal with mixed-media scabbard

16th centuryJapanese

Weapons and Ammunition

Jade Chisel with Handle in the Form of an Animal Mask

Unknown Artist, 20th century

Stone

20th centuryChinese

Weapons and Ammunition

Spearhead

Unknown Artist, 25th-21st century BCE

Copper

3rd millennium BCECypriot

Weapons and Ammunition

Jade Ritual Blade

Unknown Artist, 11th-10th century BCE

Mottled reddish brown nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan

11th-10th century BCEChinese

Weapons and Ammunition

Inscribed Sling Bullet

Unknown Artist

Lead

Greek

Weapons and Ammunition

Reproduction of a Mycenaean Dagger

Emile Gilliéron or son, 19th-20th century

Electrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid; repoussé

19th-20th centuryMycenaean

Weapons and Ammunition

Facsimile of Sword (German, 16th century)

Unidentified Maker, early 20th Century

Metal

20th centuryGerman

Weapons and Ammunition

Inscribed Sling Shot

Unknown Artist

Lead

Greek

Weapons and Ammunition

Ceremonial Mace Head from Nuzi Palace Courtyard G50, Stratum II

Unknown Artist, 1500-1350 B.C.

Red granite

2nd millennium BCEHurrian

Weapons and Ammunition

Jade Knife

Unknown Artist, 20th century

Stone

20th centuryChinese