c. 520 - 550
Metal
18th centuryIndianSpearhead: steel; Sheath: wood, leather
17th-20th centuryIndianBronze
6th-5th century BCEGreekCast bronze with black and greenish patina and remnants of oxidized cord on the hilt and traces of wood on the blade; inscription (added later) inlaid in gold
5th-3rd century BCEChineseLeaded bronze
2nd millennium BCENear EasternBronze
8th-5th century BCENear EasternGold
4th century BCEGreekMetal sword; scabbard with silver decoration
19th centuryBhutaneseMetal
ChineseBronze
2nd-1st millennium BCENear EasternSteel
17th-18th centuryIndianSteel, watered steel, and gold
18th-19th centuryIndian