This is a bronze sword found in southern Hubei province, China, in 1965. It is inscribed with bird-worm seal script characters reading "King Goujian of Yue made this sword for [his] personal use".
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Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
It looks so well preserved it could have been made yesterday.
pauldrye@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
Its Wikipedia article says that its bronze is mixed with some sulfur that prevented it from going green like copper alloys usually do.
Kaliax@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 1y
Fuck, that is cool. Thanks for sharing.
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Cool af
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 3 pts · 1y
It was in nearly perfect condition... And then someone knocked it against the glass case and it cracked