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amulet; pectoral

amulet; pectoral

An item at Louvre

Decoration: boat of Re (on the front); Maat (ostrich feather, holding papyrus scepter, standing); child god (naked, finger in mouth, sitting on cushion, mat); fish (3); series of divinities (on the back); Ptah (shroud, holding was scepter, in naos, standing on base, flanked by); Sekhmet (lion-headed goddess, standing, solar disk, uraeus, holding ankh sign, papyrus scepter); Nefertum (standing, short curly wig, Nefertum's crown, holding ankh sign) (from iconography)

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).