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mummified coffin

mummified coffin

An item at Louvre

woman (shroud, crossed arms, tripartite wig, braid, headband, lotus flower, usekh necklace, pectoral) Decoration: on the lid; outside on the belly; pectoral; Osiris (shroud, atef crown, crouching, in, divine boat, flanked by); falcon-headed god (shroud, sun disk, crouching, in, divine boat); scarab-headed god (shroud, crouching, in, divine boat); Nut (winged goddess, kneeling, wings outstretched) on the feet; Isis (standing, arms swinging, sign of Isis); Nephthys (standing, arms swinging, sign of Nephthys) on the tank; outside under the feet; djed pillar (flanked by); Isis knot (2) on the right; Thoth (ibis-headed god, standing); eye udjat (2, on, naos); Amset (standing, arms dangling, loincloth); Anubis (god with dog's head, standing, arms dangling); Duamutef (god with dog's head, standing, arms dangling); Thoth (god with ibis' head, standing) left; Thoth (god with ibis' head, standing); dog (lying on, base with cornice); Hapi (god with monkey's head, standing, arms dangling); Anubis (god with dog's head, standing, arms dangling); Qébehsenouf (god with falcon's head, standing, arms dangling); Thoth (god with ibis' head, standing)


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).