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amulet

amulet

An item at Louvre

patèque (dwarf, naked, holding, 2, serpent, frontal scarab, standing on, crocodile, flanked by); Horus (falcon, 2); Isis (standing, disced horns); Nephthys (standing, sign of Nephthys); with bail (behind the head) Decoration: winged goddess (standing, disced horns); Maat (?); ostrich feather (2) (on the posterior face of the figurine)

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).