false door stele

false door stele

An item at Louvre

Decoration: front face; 1st register; man (standing, loincloth, short curly wig, holding, staff) 2nd register; woman (standing, dress, tripartite wig, necklace) 3rd register; offering bearer (standing, carrying, cloth, chest, basket) left; 1st register; palace facade decoration 2nd register; woman (large-scale, dress); man (standing); woman (standing) 3rd register; offering bearer (3, holding, censer, bread) right; 2nd register; woman (standing, large-scale); man (standing); woman (standing) 3rd register; offering bearer (standing, ewer, bread, bird) (2 outer uprights decorated symmetrically on the front and inner return)

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).