Magic knife fragments. Dimensions: a): L. 9.4 × W. 4.2 × Th. 0.9 cm (3 11/16 × 1 5/8 × 3/8 in.); b): L. 3.5 × W. 5.4 × Th. 0.9 cm (1 3/8 × 2 1/8 × 3/8 in.); c): L. 5.2 × W. 4.6 × Th. 0.7 cm (2 1/16 × 1 13/16 × 1/4 in.). Dynasty: mid to late dynasty 13. Date: ca. 1750-1640 B.C..Magical wands are typically found in Middle Kingdom burials. Many are decorated with incised figures of protective demons and deities, and inscriptions refer to the protection of children. Some show traces of wear on the tips. It has been suggested that these were instruments used in magic performances aimed at the protection of children. As parts of burial equipments they would then have served to procure rebirth for the deceased. The three fragments of this magical wand were found in shaft tomb 466 at Lisht North. In the same thoroughly plundered shaft system was also found a statuette, now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (JE 45245, published Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 10, October 1914, p. 200 w

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Magic knife fragments. Dimensions: a): L. 9.4 × W. 4.2 × Th. 0.9 cm (3 11/16 × 1 5/8 × 3/8 in.); b): L. 3.5 × W. 5.4 × Th. 0.9 cm (1 3/8 × 2 1/8 × 3/8 in.); c): L. 5.2 × W. 4.6 × Th. 0.7 cm (2 1/16 × 1 13/16 × 1/4 in.). Dynasty: mid to late dynasty 13. Date: ca. 1750-1640 B.C..Magical wands are typically found in Middle Kingdom burials. Many are decorated with incised figures of protective demons and deities, and inscriptions refer to the protection of children. Some show traces of wear on the tips. It has been suggested that these were instruments used in magic performances aimed at the protection of children. As parts of burial equipments they would then have served to procure rebirth for the deceased. The three fragments of this magical wand were found in shaft tomb 466 at Lisht North. In the same thoroughly plundered shaft system was also found a statuette, now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (JE 45245, published Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 10, October 1914, p. 200 w

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