Bronze dagger
2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze and ivory
DimensionsLength (BLADE) x length (PANEL): 24.8 x 12.9 cm (9 3/4 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1559
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Kerma - K 428-2. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan; 1920: Received by the MFA.
1991–1783 B.C.
about 1660–1630 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.