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Situla of Ousirour

Situla of Ousirour

An item at Louvre

Decoration: front; worship scene; man (standing, loincloth, worshiping); Osiris (seated); Horus (falcon-headed god, standing, pschent crown); Isis (standing, sign of Isis); Nephthys (standing, sign of Nephthys) behind; death watered by the tree goddess; man (kneeling, drinking, front); Nut (standing, in, sycamore, holding, 2, ewer); ba-bird; star frieze (from text)

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).