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rectangular stele with cornice

rectangular stele with cornice

An item at Louvre

Decoration: top; adoration scene; couple (kneeling, adoring); soul of Pe (2); soul of Nekhen (2); baboon (2, erect, adoring); boat of Re 1st register; adoration scene; man (2, standing, loincloth with pointed front, adoring); woman (2, standing, dress, long tripartite wig, playing, sistrum, in front); Osiris (seated) 2nd register; procession of relatives; bringing offerings; man (4, standing, loincloth with pointed front, carrying, vase, bird, papyrus stem); woman (5, standing, dress, long enveloping wig, carrying, vase, bird, sistrum, papyrus stem, bread)


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).