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An item at Louvre

falcon head (Carrier's staff or lower sail attachment on a boat? ending on each side with a bird's head (see diagram in the detailed methodical inventory). More probably part (upper upright) of a musical instrument (lyre?); Birds' heads (duck or sparrowhawk) at each end. Remains of stucco and two mortise holes, one with a tenon.)

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).