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Source Description
This mace terminates in a young bull's head. The ornaments on the forehead--a star and crescent moon--the eyes, and the decorative semicircles on the jaws were once inlaid; remnants of bitumen and shell (?) inlay remain in the eye. The size and ornamentation of the mace indicates that it was used for ceremonial purposes in a palace or temple rather than as a weapon.
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Document identity
localId
37545
label
Mace Head
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
37545
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Mace Head
description
This mace terminates in a young bull's head. The ornaments on the forehead--a star and crescent moon--the eyes, and the decorative semicircles on the jaws were once inlaid; remnants of bitumen and shell (?) inlay remain in the eye. The size and ornamentation of the mace indicates that it was used for ceremonial purposes in a palace or temple rather than as a weapon.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century BCE-1st century CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
maces
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.9
height
14
dimensionsRaw
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)
Source extras
cul
South Arabian
med
calcite-alabaster, bitumen, shell(?), black stone
creator_ids
15549
collection_ids
SAY
exhibition_ids
2002
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
efe37cfe0acac7da