<em>Upper Part of Walking Stick</em>, ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E. Wood, Greatest diam. 13/16 x 27 3/16 in. (2 x 69 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1833E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1833E_overall.jpg)

Upper Part of Walking Stick

Medium: Wood

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.

Dimensions: Greatest diam. 13/16 x 27 3/16 in. (2 x 69 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 37.1833E

Image: CUR.37.1833E_overall.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Upper part of a wooden staff, the bark intact except for an area where it has been removed for a column of inscription: Htp d nsw ptH Xry (=d?) aHA nfr d Hs n kA n mHi wHm anx nb imAx. “Royal offering of Ptah, Lord of truth, that he might give a good life-time, stability, and praise to the ka of Mehy, repeating of life, lord of veneration.”

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