cardboard envelope

An item at Louvre

man (shroud, long tripartite wig, forehead band, usekh necklace, pectoral) Decoration: on the shoulders; Nekhbet (2, vulture); the four sons of Horus on the belly; 1st register; falcon-headed scarab (wings spread, solar disk); 2nd register; welcoming the dead; Horus (falcon-headed god, standing, loincloth, plumaged corselet, holding by the hand); man (standing, loincloth, pleated dress with sleeves, goatee, forehead band, cone of perfume); goddess (standing, star, holding, strip of cloth, protecting); chapel (?); Osiris (standing, white crown); the four sons of Horus (standing on, lotus flower); Isis; Nephthys; chapel (?, flanked by); serpent (2, erect); 3rd register; reliquary from Abydos (flanked by); ram (2, standing on, divine ensign); Selkis (winged goddess, crown of Selkis, protecting); Neith (winged goddess, sign of Neith, protecting); 4th register; animated djed pillar (holding, heqa scepter, flagellum, crown of Taténen, flanked by); Isis (kite, sign of Isis, wings outstretched, protecting); Nephthys (kite, sign of Nephthys, wings outstretched, protecting) on the feet; barque of Re on the base; frieze of prophylactic signs

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).