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Dagger blade, pommel and sheath

2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze or copper, Ivory, leather
DimensionsPommel: L: 4.0 cm W: 45.1 cm D: 0.6 cm Blade and scabbard: L: 23.2 cm W: 6.4 cm D: 1.0 cm
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.2086
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, KN193 no. 2. 1916: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
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about 1700–1550 B.C.
Dagger with inscribed pommel
about 1700–1550 B.C.
View: Dagger, pommel
about 1700–1550 B.C.
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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.