Sekhem scepter

aba, (kh)rp, or sekhem scepter
in hieroglyphs

The sekhem scepter is a type of ritual scepter in ancient Egypt. As a symbol of authority, it is often incorporated in names and words associated with power and control. The sekhem scepter (symbolizing "the powerful") is related to the kherp (ḫrp) scepter (symbolizing "the controller") and the aba scepter (symbolizing "the commander"), which are all represented with the same hieroglyphic symbol.^[1] These scepters resembled a flat paddle on a papyrus umbel handle. Its symbolic role may have originated in Abydos as a fetish of Osiris. The shape of the scepter might have derived from professional tools.

^ Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957). Egyptian grammar: being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs. Oxford: Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum. p. 509. ISBN 978-0-900416-35-4.

[Gardiner-1] Gardiner, Alan Henderson (1957). Egyptian grammar: being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs. Oxford: Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum. p. 509. ISBN 978-0-900416-35-4.

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