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An item at Louvre

Statuette representing Osiris, standing, mummiform, wearing the Atef crown surmounted by a solar disk (probably originally inlaid) and adorned with the erect uraeus. The god wears a braided and curved false beard. His body is enclosed in a sheath from which emerge his two crossed hands, holding the Heka scepter and the flagellum. Both feet together.

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).