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)
18223 (none) 1933,1013.98 (none) Macehead. Very flat type, of extremely hard and white limestone. A hole has been made, apparently intentionally between the center and one side of the rim.
16331F (none) 1931,1010.124 (none) Collection of Mace heads Stone [A-F] 6 intact [G-J] 4 broken (half only) Squat pear shape Limestone, mottled, marble, red sandstone. Types [drawing] Vol VII Hts vary from 0055-0035 Type [drawing} Incised decoration-lines running vertically down the mace head. X Museum Tablet Room. House 3, A.H
17402 (none) 1931,1010.122 (none) Mace head. Stone. Dark grey. Pear shaped, squat.
16331E (none) 1931,1010.121 (none) Collection of Mace heads Stone [A-F] 6 intact [G-J] 4 broken (half only) Squat pear shape Limestone, mottled, marble, red sandstone. Types [drawing] Vol VII Hts vary from 0055-0035 Type [drawing} Incised decoration-lines running vertically down the mace head. X Museum Tablet Room. House 3, A.H
16333 (none) 1931,1010.120 (none) Mace head. Grey and white mottled marble. Squate pear-shaped.
14974 (none) 1930,1213.238 (none) Mace head. Pear-shaped. Very dark green pebble. Rather roughly cut but will polished type of Egyptian 2nd pre-dynastic.
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]
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
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.
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.
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.
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
284 (none) (none) B14937, B14937 Broken mace head. Alabaster. Inscription. Only first line showing, reads "Naram"-(Sin?). Placed in IN/No. 1.
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]
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]
985 (none) (none) (none) Fragment of small stone mace head. With three line inscription giving someone's name, his father, and his official title.
999 (none) (none) B15199 Mace head. Limestone frit, 3 fragments of originally glazed; pieces fit together and make of original, decorated with four entwined snakes. Photo wanted [drawing]
1543 (none) (none) (none) Mace head. White hard stone (marble?). Incised with 3 vertical bands of 3 lines each. Chipped. [drawing 1:1]
1656 (none) (none) (none) Mace head. Yellowish, mottled stone. [drawing]
2760 (none) (none) (none) Votive mace head. Black diorite, uninscribed. Sketch roughly 1:4 showing central boring. Close to U.2758. [drawing 1:4]
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]
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