(from the Museum website)
The wadj is called Amulet in the Form of a Papyrus Column, and it is 4 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (12 x 3.8 cm). Perhaps I did not read info card right, I can't find the Was scepter at their site for its dimensions. But I do have this info:
"An interesting point is that the bull's leg, like the was-sceptre to be discussed below, seems to have played a part in the local cult of Seth. Both in Ombos and in Sepermeru Seth bears the epithet "Powerful of forefoot"." (page 89)
Furthermore, TeVelde says,
"Gardiner holds that the head of these sceptres is probably the head of the Seth-animal. Wainwright drew attention to the special relation between these divine scepters and the god Seth. The nome sign of Oxyrhynchus, that was one of the nomes of Seth, consists of two was-sceptres, and an enormous was-sceptre was found in the temple of Seth at Ombos. Besides their function as sceptre in the hand of gods, was-sceptres serve to hold up the sky. As supporter of the sky Seth is appealed to in a prayer by Rameses II." (page 90)
(For lots more Was scepters, please see my research page.)
(To see a Wadj scepter at the Met museum, please see this photo page.)
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