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Dagger

FindspotKerma, Nubia, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueBronze, wood or bone, ivory, cloth and possibly hair
DimensionsLength: 29 cm (11 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1564a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFindspot Information: From Kerma - K 425-2, December 1913: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
Dagger
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Harpoon point
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Ivory fish harpoon
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 B.C.
Fragment of harpoon
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 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.
Group shot: 01.7384-01.7392
2926–2880 B.C.
Group shot: 01.7384-01.7392
2926–2880 B.C.
Group shot: 01.7384-01.7392
2926–2880 B.C.
Group shot: 01.7384-01.7392
2926–2880 B.C.
Group shot: 01.7384-01.7392
2926–2880 B.C.