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Bracelet of Shashonq II

General Information

One of pair of bracelets worn by Shashonq II, composed of two unequal segments of sheet gold. There are two raised relief cartouches on the inner face show the names of Shashonq I.

Number	JE 72184B
Storing Place	Egyptian museum - Cairo - Egypt
Material	Gold
Type	Bracelet
Type of Script	Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place	Tanis - El- Sharkeya Governate - Egypt
Height	4.6 cm
Historical Period	The Twenty- Second Dynasty – The Third Intermediate Period

Inscriptions on the Monument

Text

Transliteration

( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

(1) Nsw bity nb tAwy HD xpr ra stp n ra (2) sA ra nb xaw SSnq mri imn di anx

Translation

(1) The king of upper and lower Egypt, lord of the two lands, Hedji kheprure setepenre, (2) Son of Re, lord of diadems, Sheshonq, beloved of Amen, given life like re forever.

Scientific Publishing

C. Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, (London, 1990), 33.