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Dagger

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze, ivory, cloth
DimensionsOverall: 38.9 cm (15 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1561
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, X-B-282. March 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Dagger
1991–1783 B.C.
Bronze dagger
2400–1550 B.C.
Dagger with pommel and scabbard
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.