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figurative ostracon

An item at Louvre

two-sided Decoration: on the front; lustration; offering of Maat; king (standing, loincloth with triangular front, ritual scarf, necklace, wig with triangular sides, uraeus, left arm advanced, holding, 2, ewer, Maat) on the back; incensing; lustration; king (standing, blue crown, holding, 2, ewer, censer)

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).