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stele of Horus

stele of Horus

An item at Louvre

Decoration: divinity slaying harmful animals; Harpocrates (naked, lock of hair from childhood, holding serpent, scorpion, oryx, lion, standing on); crocodile (2); emblem of Nefertum; Horus (falcon, standing on papyrus stem) in the arch; head of Bes on the reverse; series of divinities

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).