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Penimen Stele

Penimen Stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: 1st register; right; offering scene; man (standing, presenting, lotus flower, in front); woman (seated, right arm folded on chest, dress, tripartite wig) 1st register; left; breastfeeding scene; woman (seated on the ground, breastfeeding); child; mirror; vase 2nd register; lustration; woman (standing, presenting, water, in front); man (seated, loincloth, holding, cup); group of relatives; man (2, seated on the ground); woman (seated on the ground) in the arch; chen sign (flanked by); oudjat eye (2)

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).