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coffin tank

coffin tank

An item at Louvre

Decoration: cartouche (Osiris, atef crown, on); representation of the union of the two earths (flanked by); phoenix (on the right, on, sign of the West); Horus (on the left, on, sign of the West); Osiris (seated, shroud, was scepter, in front); offering table at the top; winged solar disk with uraeus at the bottom; hetep sign

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).