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Fragments of dagger

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze or copper
DimensionsOverall: 4 x 22 cm (1 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1562a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K309 -24, December 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
Dagger with pommel and scabbard
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Dagger with inscribed pommel
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Dagger
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Dagger - blade
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Dagger - blade, pommel, rivets
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Dagger - blade, rivets
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Rivets
2400–1550 B.C.
Dagger - blade only
about 1700–1550 B.C.