was-sceptre

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English

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Figurine of a was-sceptre

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Egyptian wꜣs (“was-sceptre, rule”), compounded with sceptre.

Noun

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was-sceptre (plural was-sceptres) (British spelling)

  1. (Egyptology) a type of sceptre with an animal head and a forked tail appearing in Ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphs

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