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A fragment of a magic wand illustrating a frog headed deity

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Egyptian Art

A fragment of a magic wand illustrating a frog headed deity

Maker not identified

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.)
Object type
Magic wand fragment
Period
Middle Kingdom
Country
Egypt
Object number
22.1.96
Credit line
Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Gallery
109
Original Met record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Hieroglyphs

The Met object ID 557436. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.