Advanced Search
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
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing – Swords, daggers, knives
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.