IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 49567 accession number: E.26.1898 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- 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 --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49567 TECHNIQUES ---------- carved TECHNIQUES ---------- drilled CATEGORIES ------ category: weapons DATING ------ creation date: 3000 - 2500 creation date earliest: 3000 creation date latest: 2500 culture: Predynastic culture: Early Dynastic Period DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 5.5 CITATIONS -------- Hierakonpolis II --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/E_26_1898.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/mid_E_26_1898.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/E_26_1898.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/preview_E_26_1898.jpg height: 188 pixels width: 250 pixels