Sword and scabbard
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 7th century CE
Medium: Blade: iron; scabbard and hilt: gold over wood, garnets, glass-paste; guard: gilt-bronze
Dimensions: 3 1/8 × 40 9/16 × 15/16 in. (8 × 103 × 2.4 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Implements
Culture: Sasanian
Period: Sasanian
Rogers Fund, 1965
Met highlightDate range
600 – 700
Largest dimension
2.4 cm
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