A fragment of a magic wand illustrating a frog headed deity
Object type: Magic wand fragment
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–13
Date: ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: L. 2.7 × W. 5.6 × Th. 0.9 cm (1 1/16 × 2 3/16 × 3/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery south of pyramid below House A1:3
Locus: Pit 880
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–21
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Hieroglyphs