Sekhem+Specter

Sekhem Specter


 * Meaning of Name:**

"The Power"


 * Other Names:**

//Aha// ("The Commander")

//Kherep// ("The Director")


 * Hieroglyphics:**



A fetish of Osiris, who was often called the "Great //Sekhem//," or "Foremost of the Powers." The //Sekhem// was also associated with other underworld deities, such as Anubis. From the earliest times, //Tjaty// (viziers) and other officials of important rank were portrayed holding the //Sekhe////m// in the course of performing their duties. A scepter of office, a pair of eyes or a face were sometimes carved on the upper part of the staff.

The classic Egyptian funerary statue depicted the deceased with a staff in one hand, and the //Sekhem// in the other. The //Sekhem// was utilized in temple and mortuary offering rituals, being held by the officiant who presented the offerings. In such cases the scepter was held in the right hand and was waved four or five times over the offerings while ritual recitations were being made. A gilded //Sekhem// scepter was found in Tutankhamun's tomb.

Scepters