Short Sword (Duan Jian), ca. 4th–1st century B.C., Xinjiang, Eastern Central Asia, Steel, bronze, gold, L. 26 3/8 in. (67 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 6.5 oz. (637.9 g), Swords, From its inception in the third millennium B.C., the sword served equally as a weapon and as a symbol of social status and power. During the first millennium B.C., in the hands of the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppes, it became, along with the bow, one of the primary cavalry weapons of the ancient world
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Short Sword, Duan Jian, ca, 4th–1st century B.C, Xinjiang, Eastern Central Asia, Steel, bronze, gold, L, 26 3/8, 67 cm, W, 2, 5.1, Wt, 1 lb, 6.5 oz, 637.9 g, Swords, inception, third millennium, sword served, equally, weapon, symbol, social status, power, first millennium, B.C, hands, nomadic peoples, Eurasian steppes, bow, primary cavalry, weapons, ancient world
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