Skip to main content

Dagger blade, pommel and rivets

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Sudan (Nubia)
Medium/TechniqueBronze or copper and Ivory
DimensionsLegacy dimension: Pommel: L: 8.5 cm W. (extant): 4.7 cm D: 0.9 cm Blade: L: 25.1 cm W: 2.3 cm D: 0.3 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.2082a-c
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, KXB, sacrificial corridor, object 101. 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.
Dagger blade and pommel
about 1700–1550 B.C.