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wall relief; door

An item at Louvre

Decoration: at the top; sign from the sky; 1st register; offering scene; king (standing, Chendjit loincloth, bull's tail, composite crown, raised arms, presenting, branch); Isis (standing, robe, tripartite wig, vulture headdress, disc-shaped horns, sign of Isis, holding, papyriform scepter); 2nd register; human-headed sphinx (reclining)

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).