



aegis and necklace counterweight
An item at Louvre
goddess (head of, tripartite wig, modius with uraeus frieze, disced horns, usekh necklace, flanked by, 2, falcon head) Decoration: winged goddess (kneeling, solar disc); goddess (standing, disced horns); goddess (squatting, disced horns, flanked by); winged serpent (2) (winged goddess engraved in the middle of the necklace - the rest on the counterweight)
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).