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Material : Gold and Colored Glass Paste
Height : 4 . 6 Diameter : 15 . 5
Found in : Tomb of Psusennes I , Grave of Undjebauendjed (1946)
Period : Third Intermediate Period
Reign of : Psusennes I
Dynasty: XXI
Belonged_to: Undjebauendjed
Archeologist : P . MONTET
This hemispheric cup was included within the grave of Undjebauendjed in the Tomb of Psusennes I , in Tanis . Undjebauendjed was the army's general of king Psusennes I , the third king of the Twenty-first Dynasty . He was an important figure in the court . He held the titles: "The Prophet of Khonsu" , "The General of the Armies" , "The Head of the Pharaoh's Archers" , "The Director of the Prophets of all the Gods" and "The Justified of the House of Osiris , lord of Mendes" . In his tomb , which was found by Montet in 1939 inside the Tomb of Psusennes I , was found a stunning silver sarcophagus belonging to King Sheshonq II (of the Twenty-Second Dynasty) . Also found in the tomb were sets of grave goods that comprised of gold and silver vases , jars , finger sheaths , sandals , masks and jewelry .
This gold cup was hung through a side handle at the rim of one end . It is decorated in the center with a fine , cloisonné , polychrome glass paste flower from which 23 grooves come out . A line of inscriptions was found carved on the rim at one end in front of the handle . It states the owner of the object and reads: "the agent of Khonsu , prophet of Khonsu , Undjebauendjed , justified . "
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