Gold Pectoral of King Amenemope.

This pectoral on the chain, a large piece of jewellery worn on the chest, is decorated with a winged sun disk, which signifies protection for the whole scene.

King Amenemope is depicted offering incense to the enthroned Osiris. The lower part of the pectoralis decorated with djed pillars and the two Tuyet knots of Isis flanking the Serekh, or palace facade.

Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, reign of Amenemope, ca. 1001-992 BC. From Tanis. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.