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Pin of Psusennes I
General Information

This gold plaque bearing a relief of the four sons of Horus, in the middle there is an eye motif, also a line of hieroglyphic inscription crowned the top of the plaque.

Number 85821
Storing Place Egyptian museum - Cairo - Egypt
Material Gold
Type Clasp
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place Tanis - El- Sharkeya Governate - Egypt
Width 9.9 cm
Height 16.6 cm
Thickness 0.07 cm
Historical Period The Twenty-First Dynasty – The Third Intermediate Period
General Comments

This gold plaque was found in one of the royal tombs of the 21th Dynasty. This was one of the most spectacular discoveries in the history of Egyptology.

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

Hpy m-sTi n wsir nswt pA-sbA-xa- n-niwt mry-imn pw dwA-mwt.f QbH-snw.f


Translation

Hapy; Imesty; to this Osiris, king, Pasebakhaenniut, beloved of Amen, true of voice; Duamutef; Qebehsenuef.

Scientific Publishing

J. Kamrin, Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, A Practical Guide, (Cairo, 2004), 138
The Treasures of The Egyptian Museum, (Cairo, 2002), 316-317

The Digital Library of Inscriptions and Calligraphies, Bibliotheca Alexandrina ©