The stick measures 9,5 cm of height and 4,2-cm large with a thickness of 0,6 cm. The iconography is perpendicular to the height, that is in the sense where one carries it to the belt. Its usage would be to religious or magic ends, or to mark the rank.  On this face, one sees the scene said of the "master of the animals" seen  in the tomb n°100 of Hierakonpolis, more ancient. It would be about an mesopotamian influence. The rest of the scene would concern hunt.

 

On the other face, all figures are Egyptian, some to long hair, others to short hair. The boats would be representative of the valley of the Nile.  The sculpted fight could be bound to struggles having marked the end of the precursory period..  For B. Midant-Reynes, it would be about the man's directory to the fight.  The disarticulated bodies are laid down, showing the opposition between life and death.

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