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<em>Egg-Shaped Mace Head</em>, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.197_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Egg-Shaped Mace Head, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.197_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Egg-Shaped Mace Head</em>, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.197_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Egg-Shaped Mace Head, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.197_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Egg-Shaped Mace Head</em>, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.197_PS2.jpg)

Egg-Shaped Mace Head, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.197_PS2.jpg)

<em>Egg-Shaped Mace Head</em>, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.197_bw.jpg)

Egg-Shaped Mace Head, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.197_bw.jpg)

<em>Egg-Shaped Mace Head</em>, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.09.889.197_NegID_07.447.965GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

Egg-Shaped Mace Head, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.09.889.197_NegID_07.447.965GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

<em>Egg-Shaped Mace Head</em>, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.09.889.197_NegID_07.447.965_GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

Egg-Shaped Mace Head, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.09.889.197_NegID_07.447.965_GRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

<em>Egg-Shaped Mace Head</em>, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.965_.1025_.1002_.1000_.999_.1001_09.889.153-.156_09.889.197_09.889.199_09.889.201-.206_NegID_07.447.965GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

Egg-Shaped Mace Head, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.965_.1025_.1002_.1000_.999_.1001_09.889.153-.156_09.889.197_09.889.199_09.889.201-.206_NegID_07.447.965GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

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Egg-Shaped Mace Head

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
DATES ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E.
PERIOD Predynastic Period, Naqada II Period
DIMENSIONS 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 09.889.197
CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Egg-Shaped Mace Head, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.197_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.09.889.197_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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<em>Egg-Shaped Mace Head</em>, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 3 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.197_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

TAGS

Egypt
Egyptian
egg
shaped
mace
Egyptian alabaster
alabaster
calcite
3500 - 3300 B.C.E.
Predynastic Period
Naqada II
Warfare
Accessory
piriform
macehead
banded
early naqada II
Kom el Ahmar
settlement
spheroid
weapon

TAGS

Egypt
Egyptian
egg
shaped
mace
Egyptian alabaster
alabaster
calcite
3500 - 3300 B.C.E.
Predynastic Period
Naqada II
Warfare
Accessory
piriform
macehead
banded
early naqada II
Kom el Ahmar
settlement
spheroid
weapon

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