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A Pair of ankle-bracelets and pair of golden knee-bracelets of Ancient Egyptian King Psusennes I of the 21st dynasty on display at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.
These two pairs of ornaments — knee-bracelets and ankle-bracelets — were reassembled from fragments discovered in the coffin of King Psusennes I, near his knees.
The rectangular plaques of the knee-bracelets, as well as the ankle-bracelets, bear dedications in the name of Smendes, one of the high priests of Amun at Thebes during the later years of Psusennes I.
On the central panels of the ankle-bracelets, the throne name of the king, Khakheperre, is inscribed, accompanied by additional protective and symbolic motifs.
Adorned with inlays of lapis lazuli, carnelian, and gold, these bracelets may once have belonged to a single set.
Discovered in February 1940 by the French Egyptologist Pierre Montet in Nile Delta’s Tanis, the tomb of King Psusennes I of the Third Intermediate Period was the only ancient Egyptian royal tomb discovered in fully intact condition during then.