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mummified coffin lid

mummified coffin lid

An item at Louvre

man (shroud, tripartite wig, usekh necklace, forehead band) Decoration: on lid; outside on chest; ram-headed bird (wings outstretched, sun disk with uraeus); worship scene (2); man (standing, worshipping); Osiris on belly; falcon (wings outstretched, sun disk) on legs; in center; Abydos reliquary (flanked by); 1st register; ram-headed god (standing, shroud, sun disk, double upright feather); hippopotamus-headed god (?, crouching, shroud, double upright feather); 2nd register; falcon (2, wings outstretched, protecting); wedjat eye; 3rd register; lioness-headed goddess (2, standing, shroud); serpent-headed god (2, standing, shroud) (undecorated interior)


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).