1931.162.9: Macehead from Nuzi Temple Courtyard Room G50, Stratum II
Weapons and Ammunition
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1931.162.9
- Title
- Macehead from Nuzi Temple Courtyard Room G50, Stratum II
- Classification
- Weapons and Ammunition
- Work Type
- mace
- Date
- 1500-1350 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Nuzi (Mesopotamia)
- Period
- Mitannian period
- Culture
- Hurrian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/291851
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- limestone
- Technique
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 6.4 x 5.9 cm (2 1/2 x 2 5/16 in.), shaft-hole diam. 1.6 cm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Excavated from Yorghan Tepe, Iraq; Original Field Catalogue #30.2.379 (February 1930, object 379) "mace head; G50."
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard-Baghdad School Expedition
- Accession Year
- 1931
- Object Number
- 1931.162.9
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Smooth, bulbous macehead with central shaft. The central, drilled shaft is smooth and straight and presumably allowed the macehead to be affixed to a handle. The object was broken in half vertically but has been repaired. The photograph shows the macehead's underside.
Verification Level
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