
curved stele; three-register stele
An item at Louvre
Decoration: 1st register; Abydos reliquary (in the center, flanked by); Isis (standing, sign of Isis, protecting); Nephthys (standing, sign of Nephthys, protecting); Maat (standing, ostrich feather); Upuaout (dog-headed god, standing); Horus (falcon-headed god, standing); Thoth (ibis-headed god, standing, loincloth, offering, Maat); Khnum (2, ram, standing on, shield) 2nd register; man (standing, pleated loincloth, shirt with pleated sleeves, goatee, worshipping) 3rd register; group of relatives; woman (3, seated on the ground, left arm folded on the chest); man (2, seated on the ground, left arm folded on the chest, holding, kherep scepter) in the arch; winged solar disk with uraeus; Sokar (falcon, lying down, shroud) (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).