IDENTIFIERS
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id:	49567
accession number:	E.26.1898

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Stone mace head, pear shape in form and now split in two. There is a hole drilled through the centre to allow attachment to a wooden rod. The stone used here is called Breccia. The object is photographed upside down. Mace heads are symbolic of the power of the king. The ruler of is often shown on temple reliefs smiting Egyptian enemies with such a weapon.
title:	mace head

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49567





TECHNIQUES
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carved
TECHNIQUES
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drilled

CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	3000 - 2500
creation date earliest:	3000
creation date latest:	2500
culture:	Predynastic
culture:	Early Dynastic Period


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 5.5



CITATIONS
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Hierakonpolis II
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IMAGES

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