



cylinder seal
An item at Louvre
pierced lengthwise Decoration: winged sphinx (seated); Bes; obelisk; chariot; crocodile; prisoner; winged scarab; sign of gold; cartouche (3 registers of varied motifs with 2 cartouches with the distorted name of Menkheperre)
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).