curved stele with pyramidion

curved stele with pyramidion

An item at Louvre

upper part Decoration: incensing; lustration; man (standing, loincloth with front, shaved head, holding, hand-held censer, hes vase); woman (standing, dress, long enveloping wig, perfume cone, worshipping); Osiris (seated); man (standing, small scale); young girl (standing, lock of hair from childhood); child (standing, naked) at the top; Anubis (dog, lying on, corniced base)

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).