Maces, Sceptres, Staves
This category includes objects that are fastened to long poles with a topping of some sort.
This category includes objects that are fastened to long poles with a topping of some sort. They are not strictly tools weapons, even though some of them may have been used as such, but may be more of a votive object than a functional object.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17892A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace-head. White limestone. Plain: surface slightly worn. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17893A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace-head. [A-B] Two of white limestone. Poorly shaped and rather damaged: B has its surface much decayed. [drawing 1:2] |
| 17893B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace-head. [A-B] Two of white limestone. Poorly shaped and rather damaged: B has its surface much decayed. [drawing 1:2] |
| 17945C | 32-40-152 | (none) | (none) | Miniature copper objects. [A] Crescent moons; [B] bellums; [C] staves. In catalog. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 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. |
| 18225 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold bar. Rectangulare in section, one end hammered flat, the other bent and broken. |
| 18242 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper object. Broken in two pieces and decayed away in the center. A tube with flattened sides; the ends plain, the middle decorated with bands and lines of dots in releig. It is in 2 pieces which lay in line as if it had been broken in half, but it may have been originally in two lenths, unequal. There were fragments of small wooden rods in it. Along the edge are nail holes for fixing it to wood. Drawn. |
| 18294 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen mace head. [drawing] |
| 18837 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mace head. White limestone; inscribed. |
| 19020 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper object, thus: [drawing 1:1] |
| 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. |
| 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] |
| 60 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pointed Rod. ? spear butt? |
| 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] |