arched stele

arched stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: worship scene (1st register); Ptah (seated); man (standing, loincloth with puffed front, shirt with pleated sleeves, shaved head, worshipping); woman (standing, holding, lotus flower, worshipping); incensing; lustration (2nd register); Apis (bull, blanket, standing on, corniced base); man (standing, loincloth, shaved head, holding, censer, vase); woman (standing, worshipping); incensing (3rd register); man (loincloth, panther skin, shaved head, presenting, censer); woman (3, kneeling)

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).