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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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Title: Cylinder, perhaps from a ceremonial whip
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Date: ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, MMA excavations, 1908–09
Medium: Wood, traces of blue paste
Dimensions: L. 7 × Diam. 1.9 cm (2 3/4 × 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1909
Object Number: 09.180.1265
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