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An item at Louvre

Harpocrates (seated) (bringing his finger to his mouth, holding in his left arm a vase placed on a pillar. The figure wears a large crown of flowers surmounted by the pschent. Smooth back with vent hole. Traces of red paint.)

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).