mummified coffin

mummified coffin

An item at Louvre

man (shroud, tripartite wig, headband) Decoration: on lid; outside on shoulders; right; Tueris; left; goddess (standing); on neck; Maat on chest; winged sun disk; worship scene (2, symmetrical); man (standing, pleated loincloth, worshiping); Re (right, standing, in, boat); Ptah (left, standing, in, boat) on belly; winged goddess (2, symmetrical, crouching, protecting) on ​​legs; 1st register; death watered by tree goddess; man (standing, in front); Imentet; 2nd register; Sokaris' boat; genie (3, standing, on, snake); 3rd register; Anubis (2, dog, lying) on ​​lid; inside Isis (large scale, arms raised, skirt) on tub; inside Nut (large scale, skirt: plumage); the four sons of Horus


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).