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anthropoid coffin

anthropoid coffin

An item at Louvre

woman (pleated dress with sleeves, tripartite wig, usekh necklace, left arm folded over chest, holding, necklace counterweight) Decoration: on the tank; outside right; ibis-headed god (crouching, shroud, holding, ankh sign); Amset (crouching, shroud, holding, ankh sign); Anubis (dog-headed god, crouching, shroud, holding, ankh sign); Duamutef (man's head, crouching, shroud, holding, ankh sign); ibis-headed god (crouching, shroud, holding, ankh sign) left; ibis-headed god (crouching, shroud, holding, ankh sign); Hapi (monkey-headed god, crouching, shroud, holding, ankh sign); Anubis (dog-headed god, crouching, shroud, holding, ankh sign); Qebehsenuef (falcon-headed god, crouching, shroud, holding, ankh sign); ibis-headed god (crouching, shroud, holding, ankh sign) underfoot; djed pillar

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).