Ancient Egyptian rounded pear-shaped alabaster stone mace-head with cylindrical drill hole in the center. Was once attached to a wooden shaft and used as a weapon to strike at an enemy
dated from, 2700 – 2500 BC

Measurements: Height: 6.5 cm – Diameter: 6.5 cm- Height on stand: 12.5 cm

The mace head is nicely mounted on a plexi-glass display stand of high quality

Good condition as shown.

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A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge—that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful blows. A mace typically consisted of a strong, heavy, wooden or metal shaft, often reinforced with metal, featuring a head made of stone, copper, bronze, iron, or steel.

A rounded pear form of mace head known as a "piriform" replaced the disc mace in the Naqada II period of pre-dynastic Upper Egypt (3600-3250 BC) and was used throughout the Naqada III period (3250-3100 BC). Similar mace heads were also used in Mesopotamia around 2450-1900 BC. The Assyrians used maces probably about 19th century B.C. and in their campaigns; the maces were usually made of stone or marble and furnished with gold or other metals, but were rarely used in battle unless fighting heavily armored infantry.

Provenance; Aweidah's collection before 1970 - Registered at the IAA # 916057

Antiquities
Ancient Egyptian