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An item at Louvre

ba-bird (Bird with a human head (Bird "ba"), wings pressed close to the body. Presence of a triple tenon on the back; it wears a tripartite wig. The legs, which have disappeared, were once fixed by the two remaining tenons. Tenon on the head for the solar disk has disappeared. Inscription on the torso at the front?)

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).