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Fragments of dagger
Fragments of dagger

Fragments of dagger

2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze and ivory and wood
DimensionsOverall: 2.6 x 5.4 cm (1 x 2 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1565a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K 430-1, December 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
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.
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.
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.