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rectangular stele with cornice

rectangular stele with cornice

An item at Louvre

Decoration: 1st register; adoration scene; man (2, standing, pleated loincloth, shirt with pleated sleeves, worshipping); woman (2, standing, pleated dress with sleeves, playing, sistrum, in front); Osiris (seated); Isis (standing, disced horns, protecting); the four sons of Horus (standing on, lotus flower) 2nd register; incensing; lustration (2, symmetrical); man (standing, shaved head, holding, hes vase, censer, in front); couple (seated) 3rd register; burial; incensing; bringing of offerings; mourners; woman (kneeling, in front of, sarcophagus, weeping) at the top; representation of sunrise; baboon (4, erect, worshipping); solar disk; dog (2, standing, collar)


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).