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mummy blanket

mummy blanket

An item at Louvre

man (shroud, crossed arms, wig with reverse, holding, djed pillar, Isis knot, pierced ears, forehead band, lotus flower, usekh necklace, pectoral, bracelet) Decoration: on the arms; winged scarab (solar disc, on, boat of Ra); wedjat eye (2); adoration scene on the belly; 1st register; scarab (solar disc, flanked by); Isis (winged goddess, kneeling); Nephthys (winged goddess, kneeling); ram (2, standing, in front, vase: incense); 2nd register; sign of the sky; Nut (winged goddess, wings spread, kneeling, modius)

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).