scaraboid; cauroid bead with cord and stops
An item at Louvre
cowrie shell (shaped); pierced lengthwise Decoration: on the base; papyrus stem (in the center, flanked by); ankh sign (2); reed (?) on the back; cord
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).