Sceptre of Mesehti

Sceptre of Mesehti
Sceptre of Mesehti
Sceptre of Mesehti
Sceptre of Mesehti

GEM Number

9216

Collection

Main Galleries

Period

Middle Kingdom

Dynasty

11

Description

A wooden was-sceptre from the collection of Mesehti, a provincial governor of Asyut in Dynasty 11. This type of sceptre has an animal head at the top of a long staff usually with a forked end. In a funerary context, it was sometimes included among other tomb equipment intended for the welfare of the deceased in the afterlife.

    

Region
Upper Egypt
Area
Asyut

Height

76.4 cm

Width

4.6 cm