


aegis and counterweight of folded collar
An item at Louvre
Onouris (head of, crown of Onouris, uraeus, false coiled beard); Mehyt (head of lioness, sun disk with uraeus); usekh necklace; with bail; missing crown Decoration: at the top; Mehyt (goddess with lioness head, crouching, shroud, sun disk with uraeus); at the bottom; fish (in, papyrus thicket)
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).