curved stele; three-register stele

An item at Louvre

Arched stele, with 3 registers. 1st register: scene of adoration, man represented twice praying before mummiform Osiris, white crown, 2nd and 3rd registers: group of relatives. Decoration: 1st register; scene of adoration (2, symmetrical); man (2, standing, loincloth, shaved head, adoring); Osiris (shroud, white crown, holding, heqa scepter, flagellum, standing on, base); offering table (2) 2nd register; 3rd register; group of relatives; woman (6, seated on the ground, dress, tripartite wig, right arm folded on the chest, breathing, lotus flower); man (2, seated on the ground, shaved head)

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).

Louvre