May Stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: 1st register; music scene; offering scene; man (standing, loincloth with bouffant front, shaved head, playing, harp); man (standing, loincloth with pointed front, wig with reverse, presenting, cup, flower, in front); Osiris (seated); offering table 2nd register; lustration; offering scene; woman (2, standing, dress, long enveloping wig, cone of perfume, holding, cup, duck, bouquet, tray: offerings, in front); woman (2, seated on, chair with lion's feet, dress, long enveloping wig, cone of perfume, breathing, lotus flower, holding, cup)

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).

Louvre