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mummified coffin

mummified coffin

An item at Louvre

man (shroud, tripartite wig, usekh necklace) Decoration: on lid; outside vignettes (series); pectoral (series) on lid; inside djed pillar (large scale, hemhem crown, on, sign of gold); ba-bird; god (shroud, seated, 12) on vat; outside left; journey of the sun; weighing of the heart; cow coming out of the mountain; tomb right; death watered by the tree goddess; Osiris (lying on, embalming bed); crown (2); journey of the sun; barque of Ra on the head; Nephthys (winged goddess); knot of Isis

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).