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curved stele; three-register stele

curved stele; three-register stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: 1st register; adoration scene; man (standing, pleated loincloth with front and flap, shirt with pleated sleeves, wig with reverse, goatee, reward necklace, sandals, worshipper); woman (standing, pleated dress with sleeves, enveloping wig, holding, sistrum, vase); Osiris (seated, white crown); Isis (standing, disced horns, vulture headdress); Horus (falcon-headed god, standing, pschent crown); Oupouaout (dog-headed god, standing); offering table 2nd register; funeral meal; incensing; lustration; procession of relatives; couple (seated, in front); offering table; man (standing, pleated loincloth, panther skin, shaved head, holding, ewer, censer); woman (5, standing, pleated dress, long enveloping wig, holding, bouquet, sistrum) 3rd register; funeral meal; procession of relatives; couple (seated, in front); offering table; man (4, standing, loincloth with puffed front, shirt with pleated sleeves, breathing, lotus flower); woman (2, standing, breathing, lotus flower, holding, menat necklace) (from text)


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).