Magic Wand fragment
Object type: Magic wand fragment
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late–early 13
Date: ca. 1850–1775 B.C.
Medium: Hippopotamus ivory
Dimensions: L. 20 × W. 6.2 × H. 7.8 × Th. 0.8 cm (7 7/8 × 2 7/16 × 3 1/16 × 5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery south of pyramid below House A1:4
Locus: Pit 391
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922