arched stele

arched stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: reception of the dead; Anubis (dog-headed god, standing, presenting); man (standing, worshipping, in front); Osiris (seated); Isis (standing, sign of Isis); Nephthys (standing, sign of Nephthys); Horus (falcon-headed god, standing, pschent crown); Hathor (standing, disc-shaped horns); god (standing, shroud) in the arch; winged solar disk with uraeus; scarab (flanked by); Northern Upuaout; Southern Upuaout

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).