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An item at Louvre

pierced lengthwise (head and legs detailed) Decoration: royal sphinx (reclining, uraeus); neb sign; winged solar disk (?)

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).