arched stele

arched stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: adoration scene (2, symmetrical); man (2, standing, adoring); Osiris (on the right, seated, in a kiosk, shroud, white crown); Oupouaout (on the left, seated, in a kiosk, dog-headed god); royal cartouche (in the arch, with wings) (Osiris and Oupouaout seated back to back in the same festive kiosk - 2 hammered figures)

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).