Journey to the Afterlife
Images from the exhibition
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Ba
amulet
Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BCE gold inlaid with lapis lazuli and turquoise, 2.5 x 5.9 x 0.8 cm Acquired 1938, A. & L. Curtis bequest, E 22811 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Georges Poncet, Musée du Louvre |
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Head
of a royal sphinx
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep II, 1425–1401 BCE quartzite, 33.5 x 22.0 x 21.0 cm Acquired 1900, Nahman collection, E 10896 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Christian Décamps, Musée du Louvre |
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Funerary
plaque with wedjat eye
Late Period, 27th-31st Dynasties, 525–332 BCE faience, 12.3 x 14.0 x 1.7 cm Acquired 1852, Clot Bey collection, E 1612 - N 4338 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Georges Poncet, Musée du Louvre |
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Vignette
from the Book of the Dead of Nesmin: the tribunal of Osiris
Late Period, 27th-31st Dynasties, 525–332 BCE painted papyrus, 31.5 x 256.0 x 5.25 cm Acquired before 1852, N 3096 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Georges Poncet, Musée du Louvre |
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Cartonnage
of Djed-Khonsou-iou-ef-ankh
Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasties, 1069–715 BCE plastered, painted and gilded linen, 170.0 x 40.0 x 33.0 cm Acquired 1826, Salt collection, N 2621 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Georges Poncet, Musée du Louvre |
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Dummy
canopic jars of Padiouf
Third Intermediate Period, 21st-25th Dynasties, 1069–664 BCE painted wood, 32.5 cm x 13.6 (diam) cm each Acquired before 1852, N 2952A-D Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Christian Décamps, Musée du Louvre |
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Funerary
chest
Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BCE painted wood, 23.0 x 33.0 x 17.0 cm Acquired 1948, transferred from the Musée Guimet, E 18925 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Georges Poncet, Musée du Louvre |
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Anubis
in canine form
Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasties, 1069–715 BCE wood, 23.0 x 8.0 x 47.5 cm Acquired 1868, Rousset Bey collection, E 5700 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Georges Poncet, Musée du Louvre |
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Isis
suckling Horus
Second Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, 780–656 BCE stone, 23.0 x 7.0 x 17.0 cm Acquired 1824, Durand collection, N 3991 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Georges Poncet, Musée du Louvre |
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Mourners
at funerals
New Kingdom, end of 18th Dynasty, reign of Horemheb, 1323–1295 BCE limestone, 75.0 x 36.0 x 10.0 cm Acquired 1912, Nahman collection, B 57 - E 11274 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Christian Décamps, Musée du Louvre |
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Mummy
mask
Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BCE plastered, painted and gilded linen, 27.0 x 20.0 x 10.0 cm Acquired before 1852, N 2867B Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Christian Décamps, Musée du Louvre |
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Pendant:
ram-headed god on a water lily
Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, 1069–945 BCE gold, electrum, 11.5 x 3.4 x 1.2 cm Acquired 1905, Guilhou collection, Tyszkiewicz collection, E 11074 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Georges Poncet, Musée du Louvre |
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Sarcophagus
of Tanethep
Ptolemaic Period, 2nd century BCE diorite, 178.0 x 60.0 x 41.5 cm Acquired 1952, Clot Bey collection, D 39 - E 84 - N 352 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Georges Poncet, Musée du Louvre |
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Sphinx
of Nectanebo I
Late Period, 30th Dynasty, 378–361 BCE painted sandstone, 76.0 x 26.0 x 88.0 cm Acquired 1826, Salt collection, A 29 - N 29 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Georges Poncet, Musée du Louvre |
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Ushabti
troop of Nefer-ib-Ra-em-heb
Late Period, Saite Period, 26th Dynasty, 664–525 BCE faience, 16.3 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm each, 23.0 x 81.0 x 87.8 cm overall Acquired before 1852, N 3459 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Georges Poncet, Musée du Louvre |
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Vase
with floral garland
New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty, c. 1235 BCE calcite, 25.8 cm x 23.5 (diam) cm Acquired 1996, Schouten bequest, E 32547 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Christian Décamps, Musée du Louvre |
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Amenemhat-ankh
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat III, 1843–1798 BCE quartzite, 72.0 x 30.3 x 17.0 cm Acquired 1904, Dosseur collection, E 11053 Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, Paris Photograph © Georges Poncet, Musée du Louvre |
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