Dagger with inscribed pommel
about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze or copper and ivory
DimensionsOverall: 24.5 x 4.5 cm (9 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1566
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
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ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K1096 -9. March 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
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.
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.