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An item at Louvre

Tapered upper end with a wider lower part ending in a rounded "duck beak". The whole is carefully polished, all the edges of the rim are knocked down and sanded. The use of this object is enigmatic; papyrus smoother?

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).