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Dagger - blade, partial grip, rivets
Dagger - blade, partial grip, rivets

Dagger - blade, partial grip, rivets

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze or Copper, Wood & Ivory
DimensionsOverall: 3.1 x 38.1 cm (1 1/4 x 15 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1468
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, KIV B-49. March 1914 - 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 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.
Swords and daggers (poor). 14-3-369 (2) (=MFA 20.1472), 14-3-439 (=MFA 20.1473), 14-3-443 (=MFA…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Dagger blade, pommel, and rivets
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Swords and daggers (poor). 14-3-369 (2) (=MFA 20.1472), 14-3-439 (=MFA 20.1473), 14-3-443 (=MFA…
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Dagger and 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.
Dagger blade and pommel
about 1700–1550 B.C.