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Model sekhem or aba scepter Middle KingdomMeir

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 11.150.20b. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 11.150.20b
Find spot: Meir, Middle Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Date: ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
Date range: 1981 BCE – 1802 BCE
Materials: ['wood']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Model scepter, sekhem or aba. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Wood. l. 70 cm (27 9/16 in.). From: Burial of Seni, Meir, Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Khashaba excavations, 1910–11. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1911.

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Found at Meir

Materials Wood

Cross-references (4)

Wikidata-Q Q116281651 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 11.150.20b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 546281 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)

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