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Scepter with Montu head Late Period, Saite

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 23.6.22. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 23.6.22
Period: Late Period, Saite
Dynasty: Dynasty 26
Date: 688–525 B.C.
Date range: 688 BCE – 525 BCE
Materials: ['copper alloy']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Scepter with Montu head (23.6.22). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/46453

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Late Period, Saite, Dynasty 26, 688–525 B.C. Copper alloy. L. 11 × W. 1.2 × Th. 0.9 cm (4 5/16 × 1/2 × 3/8 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Lily S. Place, 1923.

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Deities Montu

Materials Oxidized Copper Alloy

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