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Bronze. Blade complete; four rivet holes and three rivets in place. Bronze fitting from grip. Flat ivory pommel with two rivets in place; broken and incomplete.
Provenance
From Kerma, tomb X-B 203, March 1914. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition and assigned to the MFA by the Sudanese government.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Nubian, Classic Kerma, about 1700–1550 B.C.
Object Place
Egypt
Dimensions
Blade: 32 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm (12 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 in.)
Accession Number
20.1472
Medium or Technique
Bronze