IDENTIFIERS
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id:	49568
accession number:	E.27a.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 in a squat form. There is a hole drilled through the centre to allow attachment to a wooden rod. 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/49568





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: Height
units: cm
value: 5.5



IMAGES

surrogate: large
format: jpeg
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height: 570 pixels
width: 760 pixels

surrogate: mid
format: jpeg
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height: 375 pixels
width: 500 pixels

surrogate: original
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/E_27a_1898.jpg
height: 570 pixels
width: 760 pixels

surrogate: preview
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant5/preview_E_27a_1898.jpg
height: 188 pixels
width: 250 pixels