Title: Head of a <em>was</em> scepter
Object type: Was scepter
Date: ca. 1859–1813 BCE
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat III
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: H. 12.1 × W. 2 × D. 3.5 cm (4 3/4 × 13/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri Priests' Cemetery Tomb of Senwosretankh (MMA 211) MMA excavations, 1921–22 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY