arched stele; stele with one register

An item at Louvre

Decoration: funeral meal; woman (seated, dress, tripartite wig, holding by the shoulder); man (seated, loincloth, usekh necklace, breathing, lotus flower, in front); offering table; mirror (beneath); chair with lion feet in the arch; Chen sign

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