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Bracelet of Psusennes I

General Information

Bracelet of king Psusennes I made of gold and inlaid with lapis lazuli, carnelian, and green feldspar. The bracelet is worked in a cloisonné design. In each half-cylinder is a winged scarab holding a sun disk, this is flanked by cartouches of the king.

Storing Place	Egyptian museum - Cairo - Egypt
Material	Gold and semiprecious stones
Type	Bracelet
Type of Script	Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place	Tanis - El- Sharkeya Governate - Egypt
Height	7 cm
Historical Period	The Twenty-First Dynasty – The Third Intermediate Period

Inscriptions on the Monument

The text

Transliteration

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aA xpr ra stp n imn mry imn pA sbA xa n niwt

Translation

Aakheperre Setepenamun (great are the manifestations of Re ; chosen of Amun) Meriamun Pasebakhaienniut (the star the appears in the city ; beloved of Amun)

Scientific Publishing

C. Aldred, Jewels of the Pharaohs : Egyptian jewellery of the Dynastic Period, (London, 1971), 125, Pl.98, 99.