figurine; animal sarcophagus
An item at Louvre
Wadjet (lion-headed goddess, robed, supporting her breast, breastfeeding, double feather, disc-shaped horns, seated, in front); obelisk (treated here as a breastfeeding Isis; the child is missing)
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).