Magic Wand, Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 12, late–13, ca. 1850–1640 , From Egypt, Egyptian Antiquities Service

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Magic Wand, Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 12, late–13, ca. 1850–1640 , From Egypt, Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1885–86, Ivory, L. × W. × H. × Th. cm (10 1/2 × 1 7/16 × 3 3/4 × 9/16 in.), This curved object made from a hippopotamus tusk is incised with the figures of a frog, the goddess Taweret, a crocodile, a winged feline, the daimon Bes, a jackal head, an upright lion and a baboon. It belongs to a group of such objects, all of late Middle Kingdom date, which have a similar shape: curved with one end slightly rounded, the other flat

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