TAA i.12.21.recto

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                  ENCIRCLING HIS FORE-ARMS WERE THIRTEEN BRACELETS.

128|863. THE THIRTEEN BRACELETS.

                                            AT HIS WAIST TWO DAGGERS.

129|862.  THE TWO DAGGERS SHEATHED.

130|870.  THE IRON DAGGER.

                 Note:- An^sic unique feature of this beautiful weapon is that the

                 blade is of iron, still bright and almost resembling steel.

                 This the first authentic intentional example of this metal

                 in Egypt – the greatest empire of the Age of Bronze. It

                 marks one of the first steps in the decline of that Empire –

                 bronze could not fight against the superiority of iron, and as

                 bronze took the place of copper, so iron took the place of

                 bronze, just as in our days iron has been superseded by steel.

131|872.  THE GOLD DAGGER.

                 Note-: From the design upon its shex[?]/<a>th it would appear to be

                 a hunting dagger.

132|873.  THE SHEATH OF THE GOLD DAGGER, embossed in high relief with an   

                extremely interesting scene of wild animals, suggesting that the da

    dagger was for the chase. /<This scene and> The ornate floral device at the bottom / <also> 

                suggests an infinity to the art of the Aegean or Mediterranean

                islands.

                                                        ………………..

          Such was the burial of Tut.ankh.Amen. But the mystery

of his life still eludes us – the shadows move but the dark

is never quite uplifted.