The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 31, 2023

Dagger

1980–1648 BC

Egypt, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12-13, or later

Bronze blade with handle of wood, and copper alloy

Overall: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.676

Location

not on view

Provenance
Possibly Thebes. Purchased from Mohammed Mohasseb and Son, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
Citations
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 185; Mentioned: p. 185
Exhibition history

CMA 1916, no. 158, p. 224

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.676