mace
- Museum number
- 134713
- Description
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Chalcedony macehead with rim at base; 5 line dedication to a god in cuneiform script; appears to have been broken in antiquity and repaired with another piece of stone which interrupts the inscription; drilled perforation; polished exterior.
- Production date
- 9thC BC-8thC BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 1.30 - 1.60 centimetres (perforation)
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Diameter: 5.10 centimetres
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Height: 5.90 centimetres
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Weight: 161 grammes
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1965
- Acquisition notes
- Sotheby's sale 29/11/65, lot number 71A.
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 134713
- Registration number
- 1965,1217.1