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Mace head

Medium/TechniqueDiorite
DimensionsLegacy dimension: .081 D. x .025 H.
Credit LineEmily Esther Sears Fund
Accession number04.1838
On View
Not on view
ProvenancePurchased by Albert M. Lythgoe in Egypt
Disk-shaped macehead
3850–3650 B.C.
Mace head
2750–2649 B.C., or earlier
Disk-shaped macehead
Naqada I, 3850–3650 B.C.
Piriform mace head
Naqada I (Amratian) 3850–3650 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 03.1402, 03.1411, 03.1429
5th millennium B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 03.1402, 03.1411, 03.1429
5000–4000 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 03.1402, 03.1411, 03.1429
5000–4000 B.C.
Pear-shaped mace head
3700–3100 B.C.
Spearheads
Merimda, 4500–3800 B.C.
pre-Badarian, Merimda Culture, 5th millennium B.C.