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Asian Dagger Second Intermediate PeriodThebes

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.284E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.284E
Find spot: Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty: late Dynasty 13 to Dynasty 17
Date: ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E.
Date range: 1630 BCE – 1539 BCE
Materials: ['Copper alloy', 'horn']
Height: 23.7 cm
Width: 1.9 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Asian Dagger (37.284E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/29525

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Object Label: Daggers such as this one, with two parallel ribs running down the blade, have been found throughout modern Israel. The design is undoubtedly Asian, probably Hyksos. How such a blade reached Thebes is not known; it may have been brought back as a souvenir by a Theban soldier who fought in the wars against the Hyksos. Catalogue description: Culture Syrian Caption: Syrian. Asian Dagger, ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E.. Copper alloy, horn, 9 5/16 x 3/4 in. (23.7 x 1.9 cm) Blade: 1 5/8 x 1/2 in. (4.1 x 1.3 cm) Handle: 1 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. (4.4 x 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.284E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Thebes

Materials Copper Alloy

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BKM-Accession 37.284E tier-2
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