Knife from Gebel el-Arak
An item at Louvre
Decoration: on the front; war scene; navigation scene; man (5, standing, naked, phallic case, beard, shaved head, holding, hedj club, fighting); man (4, standing, naked, phallic case, side lock, fighting); boat (5) on the back; hunting scene; man (standing, loincloth, bonnet, beard, flanked by); lion (2, trained); dog (3, collar); ibex (3); bull
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).