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An item at Louvre

Decoration: opening of the mouth; man (4, 1st register, 2nd register, presenting, instrument of worship, in front); Apis (bull, standing on, base, in, chapel, cover, protecting); king (standing, arms dangling, Nemes headdress); man (standing, pleated loincloth with flapping front, sandals, presenting, papyrus roll); man (standing, loincloth with puffed front, panther skin, sandals, presenting, vase, incense); man (2, 2nd register, standing, loincloth with puffed front, presenting, adze, snake, double feather); Apis (bull, lying, in the arch, uraeus); Mnevis (bull, lying, in the arch, solar disk with uraeus); Isis (weed eye); Nephthys (weed eye)

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).