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 viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
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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.
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.