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mummified coffin

mummified coffin

An item at Louvre

man (shroud, tripartite wig, usekh necklace, false beard); beard missing Decoration: on lid; outside on head; Nephthys (winged goddess, sign of Nephthys, standing, protecting) on ​​chest; 1st register; Nut (winged goddess, wings spread, kneeling, flanked by); ram (2, standing on, divine ensign, solar disk, double right feather); 2nd register; weighing of heart on legs; in center; embalming; falcon-headed god (standing, shroud, atef crown, flanked by); Isis (winged goddess, sign of Isis, standing); Nephthys (winged goddess, sign of Nephthys, standing); nefer sign; udjat eye on right; on left; series of divinities (standing, shroud) on feet; Isis (winged goddess, standing, sign of Isis, flanked by); wedjat eye (2); serpent on base; frieze of prophylactic signs on lid; inside; Nut (large scale, robe) under feet; winged goddess (standing) on ​​tub; inside Imentet (large scale, robe, sign of the West) (serpent's body surrounds 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).