Stele of Taperet

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on the front; scene of worship; woman (standing, dress, cloak, cone of perfume, worshiping); Re-Horakhty (falcon-headed god, standing, loincloth, plumage corselet, bracelet, arm bracelet, ankle bracelet, holding, was scepter, heqa scepter, flagellum, ankh sign, usekh necklace, radiant solar disk: fleur-de-lis); offering table on the front; in the arch; solar disk with uraeus (equipped with, 2, ankh sign, flanked by); wedjat eye (2); pillar of heaven (lotus from Upper Egypt, papyrus from Lower Egypt, on, head of, Geb, carrying); sign of heaven on the back; scene of worship; woman (standing, dress, cloak, cone of perfume, worshiping); Atum (standing, plumaged corset, loincloth, animal tail, rolled-up false beard, pschent crown, bracelet, arm bracelet, ankle bracelet, holding, ankh sign, was scepter) on the back; in the arch; representation of the sky; Nut (woman, naked, leaning, sun, stars) (from text)

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).

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