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Dagger - blade, rivets

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueBronze or Copper
DimensionsOverall: 28.1 x 2.7 cm (11 1/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1464
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K 1630-6, February 1914: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.
Fragments of dagger
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.
Rivets
2400–1550 B.C.
Dagger - blade only
about 1700–1550 B.C.