{"id":3105,"date":"2026-09-13T23:52:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T22:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laurensoff.com\/wordpress\/?p=3105"},"modified":"2026-09-13T23:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T22:52:53","slug":"le-poignard-a-lame-de-fer-decouvert-dans-le-tombeau-de-toutankhamon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laurensoff.com\/wordpress\/le-poignard-a-lame-de-fer-decouvert-dans-le-tombeau-de-toutankhamon\/","title":{"rendered":"Le poignard \u00e0 lame de fer d\u00e9couvert dans le tombeau de Tout\u00e2nkhamon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Le poignard \u00e0 lame de fer d\u00e9couvert dans le tombeau de Tout\u00e2nkhamon (environ 1323 av. J.-C.) est l&#8217;un des objets les plus fascinants de l&#8217;\u00c9gypte antique, notamment parce que la lame a \u00e9t\u00e9 forg\u00e9e \u00e0 partir de m\u00e9tal d&#8217;origine extraterrestre.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"3\">Origine extraterrestre de la lame<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">\u00c0 l&#8217;\u00e9poque de Tout\u00e2nkhamon, l&#8217;\u00e2ge du bronze battait son plein et la fonte du fer terrestre n&#8217;\u00e9tait pas ma\u00eetris\u00e9e en \u00c9gypte. En 2016, une analyse par fluorescence X men\u00e9e par des chercheurs italiens et \u00e9gyptiens a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 la composition de la lame :<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"5\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Teneur \u00e9lev\u00e9e en nickel (~11 %)<\/b> et pr\u00e9sence de <b data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"47\">cobalt (~0,5 %)<\/b>, une signature caract\u00e9ristique des m\u00e9t\u00e9orites de fer (siderites).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0\">La provenance exacte du m\u00e9tal a \u00e9t\u00e9 rattach\u00e9e \u00e0 la m\u00e9t\u00e9orite <i data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"61\">Kharga<\/i>, retrouv\u00e9e pr\u00e8s de Marsa Matrouh sur la c\u00f4te m\u00e9diterran\u00e9enne \u00e9gyptienne.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Pour les \u00c9gyptiens de la XVIIIe dynastie, ce m\u00e9tal tomb\u00e9 du ciel \u00e9tait appel\u00e9 <i data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"78\">\u00ab fer du ciel \u00bb<\/i> (<i data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"95\">biz-n-pt<\/i>). Il poss\u00e9dait une valeur bien sup\u00e9rieure \u00e0 celle de l&#8217;or en raison de sa raret\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"7\">Fabrication et provenance diplomatique<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">Des analyses compl\u00e9mentaires par micro-XRF ont mis en lumi\u00e8re la technique de fabrication :<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"9\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Forgeage \u00e0 basse temp\u00e9rature :<\/b> La lame a \u00e9t\u00e9 forg\u00e9e \u00e0 moins de 950 \u00b0C pour pr\u00e9server sa structure m\u00e9tallique interne (notamment des motifs d&#8217;octa\u00e9drite d&#8217;inclusions de sulfure de fer).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Cadeau diplomatique probable :<\/b> L&#8217;usage d&#8217;un adh\u00e9sif \u00e0 base de chaux pour fixer les ornements sur le manche indique une technique \u00e9trang\u00e8re \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00c9gypte de l&#8217;\u00e9poque. La dague correspond aux descriptions d&#8217;armes en fer mentionn\u00e9es dans les <i data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"236\">Lettres d&#8217;Amarna<\/i>, offertes au pharaon Am\u00e9nophis III (le grand-p\u00e8re de Tout\u00e2nkhamon) par le roi Tushratta du Mitanni (r\u00e9gion de l&#8217;actuelle Syrie\/Turquie).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"10\">Caract\u00e9ristiques de l&#8217;objet<\/h3>\n<table data-path-to-node=\"11\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>\u00c9l\u00e9ment<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Description<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"11,1,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"11,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Lame<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"11,1,1,0\">Fer m\u00e9t\u00e9oritique poliment travaill\u00e9, quasiment exempt de rouille gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 sa composition.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"11,2,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"11,2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Manche<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"11,2,1,0\">Or massif cisel\u00e9, incrust\u00e9 de verre color\u00e9, de cristal de roche et de semi-pr\u00e9cieuses.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"11,3,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"11,3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Fourreau<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"11,3,1,0\">Or d\u00e9cor\u00e9 de motifs de lys d&#8217;un c\u00f4t\u00e9, de plumes et d&#8217;une t\u00eate de jackal de l&#8217;autre.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"11,4,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"11,4,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Contexte<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"11,4,1,0\">D\u00e9couvert en 1925 par Howard Carter, plac\u00e9 contre la cuisse droite de la maman royale.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">Un second poignard enti\u00e8rement en or a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 retrouv\u00e9 dans le tombeau, mais la dague en fer demeure l&#8217;un des exemples les plus aboutis de travail du fer pr\u00e9-\u00e2ge du fer au monde.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le poignard \u00e0 lame de fer d\u00e9couvert dans le tombeau de Tout\u00e2nkhamon (environ 1323 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