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Stele of Minmes

Stele of Minmes

An item at Louvre

Decoration: 1st register; adoration scene; man (2, standing, loincloth, shaved head, worshiping); series of divinities; Osiris (seated, white crown); Harsiesis (falcon-headed god, standing, pschent crown, holding, mékes); Isis (standing, sign of Isis); Nephthys (standing, sign of Nephthys); Ptah (standing on, base); Thot (standing, ibis-headed god) 2nd register; offering of incense; lustration; man (standing, loincloth, shaved head, holding, vase: incense, vase, in front); group of relatives (seated) in the arch; chen sign (flanked by); oudjat eye (2); Anubis (2, dog, lying down); vase; water sign (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).