An Egyptian Indurated Limestone Mace Head, Pre-Dynastic Period, ca. 3500 - 3200 BCE Gods & Goddesses Such pendants were made across

Such pendants were made across the Levant

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An Egyptian Indurated Limestone Mace Head, Pre-Dynastic Period, ca. 3500 - 3200 BCE Gods & Goddesses Such pendants were made acrossThe teardrop shaped head pierced longitudinally for attachment to a wooden shaft, carved from a creamy indurated limestone. Background: The mace is a basic hand held weapon, halfway between a club and a hammer. Symbols of military might, Egyptian iconography is rife with depictions of Egyptian leaders smiting enemies with a mace, and some of the earliest tangible documentation of Dynastic Egypt was provided by ceremonial mace heads, such as that of