arched stele

arched stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: scene of adoration; man (standing, shaved head, loincloth, panther skin, right arm raised, adoring); Apis (bull, solar disk with uraeus, standing on base); table of offerings; frieze of prophylactic signs; was scepter (2, carrying); sign from the sky (base decorated with a frieze of prophylactic signs)

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).