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Material : Gold , Lapis Lazuli , and Carnelian
Height : 5 . 5 Diameter : 6 . 6
Found in : Tanis , Tomb of Psusennes I , Sepulcher of Psusennes I (1940)
Period : Third Intermediate Period
Reign of : Psusennes I
Dynasty: XXI
Belonged_to: Psusennes I
Archeologist : P . MONTET
This skillfully designed anklet was found by Pierre Montet in 1940 among the treasures in the Tomb of Psusennes I in sepulcher of Psusennes I in Tanis . King Psusennes I was the third king of the Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt who ruled between 1047 – 1001 BC . This piece of jewel– made from gold , lapis lazuli , and carnelian– was identified to date back to the Twenty-first Dynasty (994-985 BC) .
The upper and lower rims of this round anklet are made from small beads of lapis lazuli and gold . The piece is embellished in the center with a square panel from champlevé gold of high quality . This part is decorated with a winged scarab , one of the commonest motifs ornamenting jewels of ancient Egyptians who noticed that the female scarab lays its eggs in a ball of dung and rolls it to hide in a safe place . From this they observed new life emerging . Here , the scarab is presented pushing a sun disk with two uraeus serpents on either side . Between these cobras is a depiction of the hieroglyph (aa); and together with the other depiction , it forms the hieroglyphic group of the royal name of the King , namely 'Aakheperre' . From inside , the anklet has some hieroglyphic inscriptions that show a dedication by Smendes , who was the High Priest of Amun and the son of Menkheperre .
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