situla with floral background
An item at Louvre
Decoration: 1st register; journey of the sun; dog (4, pulling); boat of Re; baboon (4, worshipping) 2nd register; offering of Maat; man (standing, loincloth, offering, Maat); Amon-Min; Isis; Nephthys; Ptah; Mut; Khonsu 3rd register; representation of the creation of the world; child god seated on a lotus (flanked by); cow (2, standing, in, papyrus thicket); soul of Pe (2); soul of Nekhen (2)
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).