October 2, 2020
Spotlight:
The Golden Dagger of
TUTANKHAMUN

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Photographs by Alberto Acosta
TUTANKHAMUN'S GOLDEN DAGGER AND SHEATH.

A masterpiece of the ancient art of jewelry making, this magnificent royal dagger is fashioned of solid gold. It was discovered wrapped as an amulet within the linen bandages of the pharaoh’s mummy where it had been ritually placed on his right thigh.
Recalling the primitive origins of such weapons in Predynastic times, the base of the elaborately ornamental hilt is bordered with a formal rope pattern symbolically binding it to the simply decorated blade of hardened gold.
The luxurious gold sheath bears a hunting scene in vibrant repousse (depicting hounds and lions attacking ibexes and a bull) embellished with floral motifs of Asiatic influence. Usually forged in bronze or copper, fine daggers made of gold were rare possessions too precious for anyone other than the pharaoh to own.
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