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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

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)