mummified coffin; cardboard
An item at Louvre
man (shroud, tripartite wig, false coiled beard, usekh necklace) Decoration: front; on the chest; ram-headed bird (wings spread, solar disk with uraeus); the four sons of Horus (standing) on the belly; falcon (wings spread) on the legs; Abydos reliquary (flanked by); Isis (winged goddess, standing, protecting); Nephthys (winged goddess, standing, protecting); Wadjet (falcon, wings spread, protecting) on the feet; frieze of prophylactic signs behind; animated djed pillar (large-scale, sign of the ka, on); sign of gold (the djed pillar surmounted by the sign of the castle of gold)
Department of Egyptian Antiquities
An exhibit at Louvre
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).