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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 view
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.
Dagger
1991–1783 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.