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Material : Gold
Width : 2 . 2 Height : 11
Found in : Tanis , Tomb of Psusennes I , Grave of Undjebauendjed (1940)
Period : Third Intermediate Period
Reign of : Psusennes I
Dynasty: XXI
Belonged_to: Undjebauendjed
Archeologist : Pierre Montet
Among other gold and silver vases , jars , finger sheaths , sandals , masks and jewelry , this fine gold pendant was found within the great corpus of grave goods 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) .
The purpose for including pendants and pectorals in grave goods was to assure the deceased will be brought to life once more or to place him under the protection of a certain deity . This particular pendant shows goddess Isis with a horned solar disc; and this is evidenced from some inscriptions on the base which read: "Isis , Mother of the God" . This piece of jewelry shows her wrapped in a long tight garment with her hands down her sides and with a three-part wig over her head .
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