Dagger and pommel
about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze or copper and Ivory
DimensionsPommel: L: 7.8 cm W: 4.0 cm D: 0.5 cm Blade: L: 17.8 cm W: 1.8 cm D: 0.3 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.2081
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
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ProvenanceFrom Kerma, KIV no. 401. 1913: 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.