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pyriform situla

pyriform situla

An item at Louvre

Decoration: front; worship scene; man (standing, loincloth, ritual scarf, wig in pockets, worshipping); Osiris (standing); Isis (standing, sign of Isis); Nephthys (standing, sign of Nephthys) behind; death being watered by the tree goddess; man (kneeling, drinking, front); Nut (standing, in, sycamore, holding, 2, ewer); ba-bird (drinking); star frieze

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).