
curved stele; four-register stele
An item at Louvre
Decoration: 1st register; adoration scene; man (standing, pleated loincloth with front, shirt with pleated sleeves, wig with reverse, worshipping); woman (standing, pleated dress with sleeves, holding, sistrum); Osiris (seated, shroud, white crown); Isis (standing, dress, disced horns); Horus (falcon-headed god, standing, pschent crown); Hathor (cow, double ostrich feather, solar disc, standing, in); mountain of the West 2nd register; funeral meal; lustration; couple (seated, in front); offering table; man (standing, loincloth, panther skin, holding, ewer); group of relatives; man (2, seated on the ground); woman (2, seated on the ground) 3rd register; 4th register; group of relatives; man (4, seated on the ground, in front of, offering table); woman (6, sitting on the ground, in front of the offering table) (from text)
Department of Egyptian Antiquities
An exhibit at Louvre
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).