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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
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
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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