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Material : Gold
Found in : Tanis , Tomb of Psusennes I (1940)
Period : Third Intermediate Period
Reign of : Psusennes I
Dynasty: XXI
Belonged_to: Psusennes I
Archeologist : P . MONTH
This funerary mask of King Psusennes I was found in 1940 by archeologist Pierre Montet among other treasures in the pharaoh's tomb in Tanis . The mask's owner was the third king of the Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt who ruled between 1047 – 1001 BC .
With a great degree of accuracy that imbues the sense of realism , the king's face is carved in minute detail and is decorated with gold leaves of high quality . There is a broad shoulder-to-shoulder necklace of multiple strings of beads decorated with botanical motifs and patterns of the lotus flower . Over the head , the King wears a fine nemes (the Pharaonic headdress) embellished with thin symmetrical stripes with a uraeus serpent (symbol of protection against evil influences) in the center . A clearly defined , braided , false beard with a curved end hangs down from down the chin . His eyes and eyebrows are inlaid with black and white glass paste .
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