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arched stele

arched stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: scene of divine worship; lustration; offering of incense; king (standing, loincloth with triangular front, holding, ewer, vase: incense); Apis (bull, standing, solar disk with uraeus, necklace, blanket, falcon); altar; cartouche in the arch; winged solar disk with uraeus (falcon on the nape of Apis's neck)

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).