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An item at Louvre

pierced (18 independent plaques and 4 small wooden elements, one of which is decorated with a plaque identical to the 18 mentioned above. The plaques are decorated with parallel lines forming a cross-hatched pattern engraved on one side, the other side is left unfinished. Each plaque is pierced with 2 fixing holes. Another plaque is still fixed to a wooden element.) Decoration: lines; cross-hatched

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).