Notes sur le mobilier funéraire de Thoutmosis IV
The tomb of Thutmose IV (KV 43), excavated in the early twentieth century by Howard Carter, contained two leather-scabbard fragments, which probably attested to the presence of daggers among the grave goods of the 18th-dynasty king. The present article suggests, after a short description of the two...
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| Language: | fra |
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École du Louvre
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Les Cahiers de l'École du Louvre |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/cel/366 |
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| Summary: | The tomb of Thutmose IV (KV 43), excavated in the early twentieth century by Howard Carter, contained two leather-scabbard fragments, which probably attested to the presence of daggers among the grave goods of the 18th-dynasty king. The present article suggests, after a short description of the two objects published for the first time in 1904, that they are similar to a particular type of dagger discovered in the Nubian city of Kerma in particular. A discussion of the reasons that might have led an 18th-century king to take Nubian daggers to the grave with him follows. |
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| ISSN: | 2262-208X |