stele of Horus
An item at Louvre
Decoration: divinity slaying harmful animals; Harpocrates (naked, lock of hair from childhood, holding, scorpion, lion, oryx, 2, snake, standing on); crocodile (2) in the arch; head of Bes (crown of Bes) (from iconography)
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).