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Bronze dagger with wood and ivory handle

about 1660–1630 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze, ivory
DimensionsHeight x width: 52 x 6.3 cm (20 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number13.4016
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, South Cemetery, K 1065. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.

(Accession Date: December 4, 1913)
Dagger
1991–1783 B.C.
Bronze dagger
2400–1550 B.C.
Swords and daggers (Kerma) (good). 14-3-840 (=MFA 20.1557a-b), 14-2-965 (=MFA 20.1563a-b), 14-2…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Swords and daggers (Kerma) (good). 14-3-840 (=MFA 20.1557a-b), 14-2-965 (=MFA 20.1563a-b), 14-2…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Fragments of dagger
2400–1550 B.C.
Dagger with inscribed pommel
about 1700–1550 B.C.
View: Dagger, pommel
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Swords and daggers (Poor). 13-12-298 (2) (=MFA 20.1460a-c), 14-1-759 (=MFA 20.2076), 14-2-13 (2…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
View: Dagger, pommel
about 1700–1550 B.C.