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Stele of Pepy

Stele of Pepy

An item at Louvre

Decoration: funeral meal; man (seated, left arm folded on chest, loincloth, wig in pockets, necklace, in front, offering table); group of relatives; man (seated with one knee raised, right arm folded on chest); woman (2, seated with one knee raised, breathing, lotus flower) in the arch; wedjat eye (2, symmetrical)

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).