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The sceptre is also considered an amulet. The Egyptians perceived the sky as being supported on four pillars, which could have the shape of the was. This sceptre was also the symbol of the fourth Upper Egyptian nome, the nome of Thebes (called wꜣst in Egyptian). [3] [1] Was sceptres were depicted as being carried by gods, pharaohs, and priests.
A djed amulet with the name of Ramesses IX of the Twentieth Dynasty inscribed upon it. The djed was often used as amulets for the living and the dead. It was placed as an amulet near the spines of mummified bodies, which was supposed to ensure the resurrection of the dead, allowing the deceased to live eternally. [5]
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Egyptian sceptre can refer to: Was (sceptre), a hieroglyph symbol and sceptre associated with Egyptian gods and pharaohs; Sekhem scepter, a ritual sceptre associated with power, authority, and the god Osiris; Certain Egyptian administrative divisions called nomes were named for sceptres
Typically, the horned god Banebdjedet was depicted with four rams' heads to represent the four Bas of the sun god. He may also be linked to the first four gods to rule over Egypt (Osiris, Geb, Shu and Ra-Atum), with large granite shrines to each in the Mendes sanctuary.
An iron headrest amulet was found at the back of the head [70] and a four-stranded bead necklace was across the throat. [72] Around his neck were twenty amulets of various forms and materials including stones such as a red jasper tyet, a green feldspar was-sceptre, and a carnelian snake
Each one was a powerful magical amulet whose role was to protect the pharaoh from all danger and to ward off the hostile forces that haunted the universe (invisible demons, Egyptian rebels, enemy countries). [2] Some of these objects pre-date the foundation of the Egyptian state, and were already attested in the Predynastic period.
Was-sceptre; Winged sun; ... Amulet of Hathor as a uraeus wearing a naos headdress, early to mid-first millennium BC. Naos sistrum with Hathor's face, 305–282 BC.