Wooden staff: e.ga.540.1947

Current Location: Gallery 19

Titles

Wooden staff

Description

Wooden staff. Such staffs were often buried with officials. This sceptre has the head of Anubis as a decoration.

Find spot

Egypt

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)

Dating

New Kingdom
Circa -1550 - Circa -1069

Materials used in production

Wood

Techniques used in production

Carved

Identification numbers

Accession number: e.ga.540.1947
Primary reference Number: 131159
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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