Cylinder, perhaps from a ceremonial whip
Middle Kingdom
This wooden cylinder may come from a ceremonial flail of the type held by kings and buried with nobles (see 12.183.15a–g). Two hieroglyphs, which could be read as Sab or Geb, are incised on the surface; these were once filled with blue paste.
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