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mummified coffin

mummified coffin

An item at Louvre

woman (shroud, hidden hands, tripartite wig, vulture headdress, pierced ears, usekh necklace) Decoration: on the lid; outside on the chest; Nut (winged goddess, wings spread, kneeling, flanked by); ram (2, crown of Amun, standing on, divine ensign) on the belly; 1st register; weighing of the heart; 2nd register; baboon (2, worshiping); boat of Re on the legs; in the center; embalming; on the sides; genie (4, standing) on ​​the feet; Isis (winged goddess, standing, sign of Isis, flanked by); wedjat eye; serpent on the base; frieze of prophylactic signs on the lid; inside goddess (large-scale, standing); under the feet; winged goddess (standing) on ​​the tank; inside Nut (large scale, standing) (a snake's body surrounds the lid)

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).