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An item at Louvre

Osiris (?, seated on, seat) Decoration: lustration (left face); Horus (falcon-headed god, standing, holding, vase); Thoth (ibis-headed god, standing, holding, vase); worship scene (right face); king (standing, worshipping); Isis (standing, disc-shaped horns); vulture (back face, wings spread, on, sign of gold); Hehe (?, kneeling, arms raised, disc); papyrus stem (front face) (from text)

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).