Maces
This category includes objects with a heavy head on a solid shaft.
This object is a weapon with a heavy head on a solid shaft used to bludgeon opponents.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 198 | (none) | 1923,1110.19 | (none) | Limestone mace-head. Fr. of Inscribed. [Annotated] Dedication to the god Mastamtaeea for the life of [Crossed out: Bur Sin II(?) of Isin] Ibi-Sin, last king of the Third Dynasty. greatest dimensions [Annotated] Copied + transliterated. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 206 | (none) | (none) | B14933 | Mace-head, Alabaster half of Decorated with rope moulding in relief & inscribed: [Annotated] "To Sin, Rimush king of the world, when he had overthrown Elam and Barahse dedicated this from the Elamite booty" Duplicate of an inscription found at Nippur on a vase. See SAKI p. 162 (c) Vase C. [Annotated] Phil Photo 15 [Annotated] Duplicates - 206 [Crossed out] U.236 | |
| 208 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. White marble. Complete, but top moulding and one side chipped, and part of inscription missing. [Annotated] Dedication of mace head to Nannar bu Ur-Engur for his life. (1) Nannar. (2) lugal-a-ui. (3) Ur-Engur. (4) mtah-kal-gu. (5) lugal Uri-ki-ma. (6) lugal Ki-en-gi ki-uri ge. (7) (uam ti) - la-ui-su. (8) (um) - na-du. [Annotated] Baghdad |
| 221 | (none) | (none) | B14936 | Mace. Head. Fr. of, in green crystal, jade color. Inscribed. [Annotated] Dedication by a king, name broken, who smashed the head of Warka and Ur [Annotated] Copied and trans-literated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] UR R1 6 |
| 247 | (none) | 1923,1110.14 | (none) | Fragment of large alabaster mace head. Inscribed with a dedication to the moon-god, the oldest son of Enlil. Joined to U.250. |
| 250 | (none) | 1923,1110.14 | (none) | Fragment of alabaser vase or mace head. Inscribed with a dedication recording the fact that it was dedicated in E-Gis-Sir-Gal. [Annotated] Joined to U.247. |
| 267 | (none) | 1923,1110.18 | (none) | Fragment of mace-head, limestone. Inscribed. Dedication by Ur-Engur for his own life. Copied. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 2760 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Votive mace head. Black diorite, uninscribed. Sketch roughly 1:4 showing central boring. Close to U.2758. [drawing 1:4] |
| 284 | (none) | (none) | B14937, B14937 | Broken mace head. Alabaster. Inscription. Only first line showing, reads "Naram"-(Sin?). Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 285 | (none) | 1923,1110.28 | (none) | Fragment of vessel or mace head, white marble. Inscribed in probably early characters with a dedication to En-(lil)? Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 3349 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small mace head. Limestone, unadorned: of truncated pear shape: bored from both ends. Diameter of bore ranges 16mm-25mm, greater at ends. In text: Neo-Babylonian period (14) in Cat. |
| 3358 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small mace head. Hematite: apple-shaped with slight excrescence at one end of hole. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6079 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Veined mace head. Serpentine? B. |
| 6161 | (none) | 1927,0527.62 | (none) | Fragment of mace head? Drab stone. Decorated by incised band with [image of chevron] shaped marks running from top and bottom, groove running through interior to hold mace. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6279 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. Black marble? Fragmentary. E. |
| 631 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone mace head(?). [insert] White pebble. Fr. of on the side a roughly engraved hollow, apparently part of a human figure out intaglio. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6430 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. White marble. Pear shaped. B. [drawing] |
| 6431 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. Black stone. E. |
| 6625B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper stem with rounded top. [B] Shaft of stone mace head found with it? E. |
| 7516 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. Granite. [drawing cut out, only label 1:1 still visible] Found with U7518 glass cylinder seal. Found with U7517 and clay written impression |
| 7709 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. Fragment. Chalcedony? Quartzite? HC.11. |
| 897 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster fragment. From a figure of a lion (or sirus) carved in very high relief as part of the decoration of a mace head. [drawing] |
| 9137 | (none) | (none) | B17361 | Copper mace head Heavy copper cylinder with projecting points. Inside, the remains of the wooden handle [drawing] nearly 1:1 | |
| 9168 | (none) | (none) | B17098 | Mace head of white marble. Egg-shaped with flat base. [drawing] ht. 0065 TTg Pg 547 |
| 985 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of small stone mace head. With three line inscription giving someone's name, his father, and his official title. |
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