


necklace counterweight
An item at Louvre
emblem of Hathor (flanked by); cat (2); with bail (at the top) Decoration: on the front; Thoth (god with the head of an ibis, standing, lunar disk, in front); goddess (standing on); sign of gold on the back; Nebethetepet (at the top, standing, disced horns, holding, papyriform scepter); Horus (at the bottom, falcon, pschent crown, in, papyrus thicket)
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).