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Material : Gold and Colored Glass Paste
Width : 37 . 5
Found in : Tanis , Tomb of Psusennes I , Sepulcher of Amenemope (1940)
Period : Third Intermediate Period
Reign of : Amenemope
Dynasty: XXI
Belonged_to: Amenemope
Archeologist : Pierre Montet
This gold necklace inlaid with colored glass paste was found by Pierre Montet in 1940 in the Tomb of Psusennes in sepulcher of Amenemope I in Tanis . King Psusennes I was the third king of the Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt who ruled between 1047 – 1001 BC . Measuring 37 . 5 in width , the piece was identified to date back to the Twenty-first Dynasty , to the reign of Amenemope (994-985 BC) . The pendent is modeled into a falcon outstretching his wings that are decorated with blue symmetric feathers . In the Egyptian mythology , the falcon was highly revered being the bird representation of the god of the sky , Horus . The bird had always been identified with haughtiness , strength , and benevolence . His wings unfolded to stretch out throughout the sky with his eyes– which represented the sun and the moon– filled with pride , strictness , and serenity . Horus was also identified with the deities Ra , Montu , and Sokar .
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