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arched stele

An item at Louvre

eight fragments from the discovery (*7DD10bis) Decoration: opening of the mouth; man (4, 1st register, 2nd register, presenting, instrument of worship, in front); Apis (in, chapel); man (standing, pleated loincloth with front and folding, presenting, papyrus roll); man (standing, loincloth with puffed front, panther skin, presenting, adze, snake); man (2, 2nd register, standing, loincloth with puffed front, shirt with pleated sleeves, panther skin, presenting, khepesh, adze, double feather); Apis (bull, standing on, base, in, chapel); Sokar (falcon, lying on, chapel); nebride (behind, chapel); uraeus (2); Oupouaout (dog, standing on, divine ensign, in front, chapel); wedjat eye (2, opposites); Isis (?); Nephthys (?)

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).