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thumb|50px|A was-sceptre
The was (Egyptian wꜣs "power, dominion") sceptre is a symbol that appeared often in relics, art, and hieroglyphs associated with the ancient Egyptian religion. It appears as a stylized animal head at the top of a long, straight staff with a forked end.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Was” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.