Dagger and pommel
about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueCopper or bronze and Ivory
DimensionsLegacy dimension: Pommel (largest fragment): L: 8.0 cm W: 3.6 cm D: 0.6 cm / Blade: L: 29.5 cm W: 2.7 cm D: 0.3 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.2080
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
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ProvenanceFrom Kerma, KXB, sacrificial corridor, object 386. 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.