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Decorative butcher knife
Egyptian
Late Second Intermediate Period
1630–1539 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Length x width: 34.4 x 4.5 cm (13 9/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1799
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Knives, blades, scrapers
DescriptionTool. Large bronze knife, bronze handle attached by three rivets, handle in form of bulls leg and foot, tip of blade terminates in goose head curved back.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, tumulus 20. February, 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1920: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.