It is what they did in those days. Memorizing was extremely important.
This looks like something Moses would have carried. Indeed Moses turned a stick into a snake in front of the Pharaoh. The pharaohs magicians made a stick turn into a snake. Moses's snake ate their snake and then turned back into a stick.
MEME "Let my people go" Slaves no more.
MSM storyline does not equal truth, mostly ever.
Okay that was spoofy fast.