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<p>A <b>sceptre</b> (spelled <b>scepter</b> in <a href="page.php?w=American_English">American English</a>) is a <a href="page.php?w=Staff_of_office">staff</a> or <a href="page.php?w=wand">wand</a> held in the hand by a ruling <a href="page.php?w=monarch">monarch</a> as an item of <a href="page.php?w=regalia">royal or imperial insignia</a>, signifying <a href="page.php?w=Sovereignty">sovereign</a> authority.</p>

<p><big>Antiquity</big></p>
<p><big> Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia </big></p>
<p>The <a href="page.php?w=Was_%28sceptre%29">Was</a> and other types of staves</p><p>
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