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Egyptian sceptre

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Egyptian sceptre can refer to:

  • Was (sceptre), a hieroglyph symbol and sceptre associated with Egyptian gods and pharaohs
  • Sekhem scepter, a ritual sceptre associated with power, authority, and the god Osiris
  • Certain Egyptian administrative divisions called nomes were named for sceptres
    • Heq-At (Prospering Spectre), centred around Heliopolis/modern-day Cairo in Lower Egypt
    • Waset (nome) (Sceptre), centred around Thebes/modern-day Karnak in Upper Egypt
    • Uab (nome) (Two Sceptres), centred around Oxyrhynchus/modern-day El-Bahnasa in Upper Egypt