was-sceptre
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Egyptian wꜣs (“was-sceptre, rule”), compounded with sceptre.
Noun
[edit]was-sceptre (plural was-sceptres) (British spelling)
- (Egyptology) a type of sceptre with an animal head and a forked tail appearing in Ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphs