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An item at Louvre

Decoration: uraeus (solar disc) (decoration of the clay seal closing one of the ends of the scroll)

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).