arched stele

arched stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: funeral meal (2, symmetrical); man (standing, loincloth, close-cropped hair, offering, bread, in front); man (standing, arms hanging, close-cropped hair); man (standing, loincloth, close-cropped hair, offering, bread, in front); woman (standing, breathing, lotus flower); woman (standing, small scale) in the arch; Osiris (standing, white crown, heqa scepter, djed pillar, ankh sign); Upouaout (dog, lying on shield); nefer sign (flanked by); wedjat eye (according to text)

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).