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stele of Horus

stele of Horus

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on the front; divinity slaying harmful animals; Harpocrates (naked, lock of hair from childhood, holding, 4, snake, 2, scorpion, oryx, lion, standing on); crocodile (2); snake; emblem of Nefertum; falcon (on, papyrus stem); head of Bes; at the top; falcon (3) on the back; crocodile (10, on, corniced base); ram; bird; winged scarab (of the 3 falcons in the round which surmount stele 2 are entirely broken)

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).