mythological papyrus of Nespakachouty

mythological papyrus of Nespakachouty

An item at Louvre

Decoration: man (loincloth with a puffed front, shirt with pleated sleeves, sandals with turned-up toes, wig in pockets, headdress, equipped with, 4, ostrich feather, holding, 2, ostrich feather, in front); carries Hepethor (goddess with lioness head, crocodile head); genius (head of: mouse) weighing of the dead heart watered by the tree goddess; Nut (holding, hes vase, in front); man; bird-ba; Imentet Osiris (animated djed pillar, equipped with, head, atef crown) solar disk (2, opposites); man (8, holding, hoe, in, circle, flanked by); Isis; Nephthys; eye wedjat (equipped with, 1, wing) representation of the world; Mut; Geb; boat of Ra basin (flanked by, 12, flame, 4, baboon); Chou (holding, snake); Maat (holding, serpent) man's head (on, lotus); snake with legs; Horakhty; Mehenet (red crown); Mehenet (red crown) cow (7); bull Isis; Nephthys (adoring); reliquary of Abydos (flanked by); ram (2, on, shield); vignettes from the Book of the Dead (Ch 125-Ch 148-Ch 138-Ch 126)

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).