curved stele; four-register stele
An item at Louvre
Decoration: 1st register; offering scene; Osiris (seated, cubic seat, atef crown, coiled false beard, holding, heqa scepter, whip); Imentet (standing); man (shaved head, offering, hes vase, duck, bouquet); man (wig with stepped triangular sides, holding, duck, bouquet); woman (2, perfume cone); child 2nd register; offering scene; Thoth (ibis-headed god, seated, cubic seat, holding, sign of life, was scepter); Maat (standing, holding, sign of life); man (shaved head, offering, incense, papyrus); man (shaved head, offering, papyrus, calf); woman (2); child; monkey (?) 3rd register; incensing; lustration; man (seated, wig with stepped triangular sides, perfume cone); woman (seated); man (standing, shaved head, holding, hand-held censer, hes vase); woman (2, offering, papyrus, duck, calf) 4th register; incensing; lustration; couple (seated); man (4, standing, offering) in the arch; dog (2, lying down); chen sign; wedjat eye (2)
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).