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arched stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: in the arch; scene of adoration; man (kneeling, loincloth with a puffed front, shirt with sleeves, shaved head, worshipping); Osiris (standing on a base); Horus (falcon-headed god, standing, pschent crown); Isis (?, standing, tripartite wig, uraeus) at the bottom; scene of adoration; man (kneeling, loincloth with a puffed front, shirt with sleeves, shaved head, worshipping); Oupouaout (dog-headed god, seated) (from text-from iconography)

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).