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mace
Object Type
mace
Museum number
91146
Description
Mace head; carved from pink marble; perforated, polished and incised with votive inscription of Shar-kali-sharri to Shamash at Sippar.
Authority
Ruler:
Shar-kali-sharri
Cultures/periods
Akkadian
Production date
2400BC-2200BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Hormuzd Rassam
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Abu Habba (Sippar)
Materials
marble
Technique
carved
perforated
polished
incised
Dimensions
Diameter:
5.70 centimetres
Height:
6.60 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Walker CBF & Collon 1980a / Hormuzd Rassam's excavations for the British Museum at Sippar in 1881-1882
(pp.100-101)
Rassam H 1897a / Asshur and the Land of Nimrod
(p.277, footnote)
(probably the same object)
Sollberger E & Kupper J R 1971a / Inscriptions royales sumériennes et akkadiennes
(IVH2a)
Frayne, RIME 2 / Sargonic and Gutian Periods
(RIM.E.2.1.5.9)
Location
On display
(G56/dc11)
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Shamash
Named in inscription:
Shar-kali-sharri
Acquisition date
1883
Acquisition notes
Wrongly registered as part of Nineveh collection.
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
91146
Registration number
1883,0118.700