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An item at Louvre

Figure with straight black hair. The head is surrounded by a crown of olive leaves (fragments 1 and 5). Only the flesh-colored right ear is preserved (fragment 3). The nape of the neck is wine-colored (fragments 2 and 4). Fragment 1 is composed of two pieces glued 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).