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square canopic chest with cornice and sled; canopic chest with 4 compartments

square canopic chest with cornice and sled; canopic chest with 4 compartments

An item at Louvre

Decoration: front; adoration scene; woman (standing, robe, long tripartite wig, worshiping); Osiris (seated) back; Isis (standing); Nephthys (standing) right; left; embalming; mouth opening; Anubis (standing, holding, adze); mummy (lying on); embalming bed (dog's head, lion's foot); frame of alternating rectangles


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).