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Dagger - blade, pommel and rivets

Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, KX B-340

Medium/Technique Bronze or Copper
Dimensions Legacy dimension: blade 41.0 x 3.5 cm pommel 13.5 x 6.0 cm
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1474a-b
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionBlade complete with four rivets in place and a fifth attached. Fragments of ivory flat ivory pommel with one rivet.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, KX B-340. March 1914 - excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.