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Miniature dagger

1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Sudan
Medium/TechniqueBronze, ivory, gold
DimensionsOverall: 17 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm (6 11/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.11796b
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, cemetery M, grave 48. 1915: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.
(Accession date unknown)
Dagger
1991–1783 B.C.
Bronze dagger
2400–1550 B.C.
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.
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.
Fragments of dagger
2400–1550 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.