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Dagger blade, pommel, and rivets
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Sudan (Nubia), Kerma, KXB 84
Medium/Technique
Bronze or copper, Ivory, tortoise
Dimensions
Blade: length: 17.0 cm; width (at greatest): 3.3 cm; depth: 0.2 cm.
Pommel: length: 8.4 cm; width: 5.5 cm; depth: 0.4 cm.
Pommel: length: 8.4 cm; width: 5.5 cm; depth: 0.4 cm.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.2079
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing – Swords, daggers, knives
Description(a) Badly bent blade at right angle with remains of haft attached. Two rivets remaining attached to blade. Blade corroded and badly encrusted. Additional fragments of haft. (b) Concave oval pommel. Pommel loose. Some chips missing, but otherwise in good condition. Some dirt adhering to surface. One rivet and remains of haft attached to pommel. (c) Strip of bronze or copper for attaching blade (tops of rivets corroded together).
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, KXB, sacrificial corridor, object 84. 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.