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wall relief; false door stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: funeral meal; man (left arm folded on the chest, loincloth, short curly wig, sitting on a stool with bull's feet, in front); offering table; decoration on the facade of a palace outside; on the left; man (standing, loincloth, flared wig, holding a staff, kherep scepter) inside; on the left; 1st register; woman (standing, dress, tripartite wig); child (standing, naked); 2nd register; man (kneeling, loincloth, close-cropped hair, presenting a tray: offerings); 3rd register; scribe (standing, holding a reed pen, scribe's palette) (several reliefs from the same set - the funeral meal is in the central panel)


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).