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mummified coffin

mummified coffin

An item at Louvre

man (shroud, suspenders, tripartite wig, false beard, usekh necklace) Decoration: on the lid; outside on the chest; Nut (winged goddess, wings spread, solar disk, kneeling); false door on the belly; in the center; mummy (lying on, embalming bed); ba-bird (flying); vase (4) 1st register; on the right; Amset (standing, in, chapel, shroud, holding, strip of cloth, ostrich feather); Duamutef (dog-headed god, standing, in, chapel, shroud, holding, strip of cloth, ostrich feather); on the left; Hapi (monkey-headed god, standing, in, chapel, shroud, holding, strip of cloth, ostrich feather); Qebehsenuf (falcon-headed god, standing, in, chapel, shroud, holding, strip of cloth, ostrich feather) 2nd register; right; left; Anubis (dog-headed god, standing, in, chapel, holding, strip of cloth) 3rd register; right; left; god (2, standing, in, chapel, shroud, holding, ostrich feather, strip of cloth); Geb (?); Horakhty (?) 4th register; right; left; god (2, standing, in, chapel, shroud, holding, ostrich feather, strip of cloth) 5th register; wedjat eye (2) on the feet; Isis (winged goddess, sign of Isis, kneeling, on, sign of gold, wings spread, holding, sign of breath, ankh sign) on the base; frieze of prophylactic signs on the tank; outside; back side; djed pillar (large scale, atef crown) (interior painted white)


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).