IDENTIFIERS
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id:	49558
accession number:	E.17.1898

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Limestone mace head. This form is known as pear shape. 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. A wooden stick (now missing would have been pushed through the drilled core of the mace so that it could be used as 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/49558





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


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 6



CITATIONS
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Hierakonpolis II
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IMAGES

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width: 570 pixels

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width: 500 pixels

surrogate: original
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height: 760 pixels
width: 570 pixels

surrogate: preview
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width: 250 pixels