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 viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
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)
(Accession Date: December 4, 1913)
1991–1783 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
2400–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.