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mummified coffin

mummified coffin

An item at Louvre

woman (shroud, tripartite wig, vulture headdress, usekh necklace) Decoration: on the lid; on the outside vignettes (series); winged goddess (protecting); offering scene on the tank; on the inside on the head; winged solar disk; Nekhbet; boat of Re at the bottom; Nut (large scale); animated djed pillar (sur, sign of gold) on the sides; offering scene (8, symmetrical, superimposed); woman (standing, offering, in front); Osiris; Re; Amset; Hapi; Duamutef; Qebehsenuf (?) on the tank; on the outside under the head; Isis knot on the right; on the left; journey of the sun

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).