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An item at Louvre

multiple piercing (6, at the top) Decoration: on the front; scarab (in, boat, phoenix, flanked by); Isis (standing, sign of Isis); Nephthys (standing, sign of Nephthys); sign of the sky on the back; Khepri (scarab-headed god, crouching, in, boat of Re, shroud, flanked by); Isis (standing, sign of Isis, protecting); Nephthys (standing, sign of Nephthys, protecting); child god (seated, in front); man (standing, skirt)

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).