oval pellet pearl; scaraboid
An item at Louvre
biface; pierced lengthwise Decoration: hieroglyphs; on the front; wedjat eye (2); union sign (between); ankh sign (2); neb sign on the back; djed pillar (between) papyrus stem (2); neb sign
Department of Egyptian Antiquities
An exhibit at Louvre
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).