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Bronze dagger with wood and ivory handle
Nubian
Mid-Classic Kerma
about 1660–1630 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, South Cemetery, K 1065
Medium/Technique
Bronze, ivory
Dimensions
Height x width: 52 x 6.3 cm (20 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.4016
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing – Swords, daggers, knives
DescriptionBronze blade, with flat ivory handle, joined to blade with wooden side pieces, which are fastened with bronze rivets; traces of leather sheath.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, South Cemetery, K 1065. 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
(Accession Date: December 4, 1913)
(Accession Date: December 4, 1913)