funerary papyrus

funerary papyrus

An item at Louvre

Decoration: vignettes from the Book of the Dead; woman (standing, worshipping); Re (standing, falcon-headed god, shroud, atef crown); Imentet (standing, sign of the West) (vignette from Ch 148 - cut from a Book of the Dead)

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).