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mummified coffin

mummified coffin

An item at Louvre

woman (shroud, tripartite wig, vulture headdress, usekh necklace) Decoration: on the lid; outside on the head; Nephthys (winged goddess, sign of Nephthys, standing) on ​​the chest; Nut (winged goddess, kneeling, wings spread) on the belly; worship scene; woman (standing, worshiping); Osiris (standing); Isis (standing); the four sons of Horus (standing) on ​​the legs; 1st register; dog-headed god (2, standing, holding, strip of cloth); 2nd register; right; Re-Horakhty (standing, in, chapel); Geb (standing, in, chapel); 3rd register; Osiris (2, man, loincloth, corselet, tripartite wig, standing, in, chapel); 4th register; wedjat eye (2) on the feet; Isis (winged goddess, kneeling, wings outstretched) (interior of the tank and lid covered with hieroglyphics)

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).