rectangular stele with cornice

rectangular stele with cornice

An item at Louvre

Decoration: adoration scene (2, superimposed); man (standing, loincloth with puffed front, shirt with pleated sleeves, worshipping); woman (standing, worshipping); Apis (bull-headed god, standing, disc-shaped horns, uraeus); man (2, standing, shaved head, worshipping, carrying, tray, offerings); Osiris (standing); oryx (standing, necklace, flower) (from text)

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).