stele of Horus; pendant
An item at Louvre
pierced Decoration: on the front; divinity slaying harmful animals; Harpocrates (naked, lock of hair from childhood, holding lion, scorpion, oryx, standing on); crocodile (2) in the arch; head of Bes (pierced) on the back; wedjat eye (2); series of divinities; Harpocrates (standing, holding oryx, snake, scorpion, lion); Thoth; goddess
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).