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An item at Louvre

with bail (4) Decoration: head of Hathor (cow, usekh necklace, disced horns, double ostrich feather, flanked by); winged goddess (2, standing, disced horns) at the top; frieze of uraeus (solar disc); winged solar disc with uraeus; frame of alternating rectangles

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).