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.
Objects: Maces, Sceptres, Staves Export: JSON - XML - CSV
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 6639N | (none) | (none) | B16398.5 | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. |
| 6639M | (none) | (none) | B16398.4 | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. |
| 6639L | (none) | (none) | B16398.3 | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. |
| 6639E | (none) | (none) | B16398.2 | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639B | (none) | (none) | B16398.1 | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639A | (none) | (none) | B16397 | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639P | (none) | (none) | B16396D | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639O | (none) | (none) | B16396C | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639K | (none) | (none) | B16396B | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639J | (none) | (none) | B16396A | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 1718 | (none) | (none) | B15610 | Fragment of shaft (top only) of bitumen paste(?); round at top, hexagonally grooved below. [drawing 2:5] |
| 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] | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B14961 | unknown |
| 284 | (none) | (none) | B14937, B14937 | Broken mace head. Alabaster. Inscription. Only first line showing, reads "Naram"-(Sin?). Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 60 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pointed Rod. ? spear butt? |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |