Dedtou Stele

Dedtou Stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: 1st register; offering scene; man (standing, loincloth with triangular front, wig in pockets, presenting, vase, in front); Osiris (shroud, white crown, holding, was scepter, standing on, base) 2nd register; funeral meal; woman (dress, tripartite wig, uraeus, left arm folded on the chest, seated, in front); offering table; man (5, seated on the ground, shaved head) in the arch; Anubis (2, dog, lying on, base with cornice)

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).