rectangular stele; three-register stele
An item at Louvre
Decoration: 1st register; funeral meal (2, symmetrical); offering table (in the center, flanked by); couple (2, seated on a lion-footed chair); woman (one-strap dress, tripartite wig, holding by the shoulder); man (close-cropped hair, usekh necklace, holding linen); man (2, small-scale, presenting a cup, vase holder); woman (small-scale, seated with one knee raised, breathing a lotus flower); mirror (2, in a basket) 2nd register; procession of relatives; man (4, standing, loincloth with a triangular front, holding a fowl, sandals); woman (3, standing, breathing a lotus flower) 3rd register; procession of offering bearers; woman (6, standing, carrying a basket, casket, vase); man (standing, carrying a basket, fowl)
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).