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Material : Gold and Lapis Lazuli
Width : 10 . 6 Height : 9 . 8
Found in : Tanis , Tomb of Psusennes I , Grave of Amenemope (1940)
Period : Third Intermediate Period
Reign of : Amenemope
Dynasty: XXI
Belonged_to: Amenemope
Archeologist : Pierre Montet
This fine gold pectoral was found in the grave of Amenemope , in the Tomb of Psusennes I (in Tanis) , in which significant treasures including gold funerary masks , coffins and numerous other items of precious jewelry were found . It belongs to Amenemope , the fourth ruler of the Twenty-first Dynasty who was buried inside the intact tomb of his father , Psusennes I . Discovered by the French Egyptologist Pierre Montet , the item takes the shape of a shrine supported by two columns . In the center , there is a lapis lazuli scarab holding with his front legs a large gold solar disc topped by a winged sun disk (partly damaged) . Between the scarab's back feet , there is a cartouche bearing the name of King Amenemope . Flanking the scarab are the two sister goddesses , Isis (left) and Nephthys (right) , kneeling on the base . Each of them bears the hieroglyph of her name on her head; and a gold plaque in front of each one states her name . This base is carved in gold with a cartouche bearing the name of Amenemope as well as the netjer nefer epithet , "the perfect god" .
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