Description:
A heavy bronze mace head with a long cylindrical shaft, decorated with a horizontal double, cord-like band at the top, in the middle and at the base. Similar double bands in a vertical position divide four prominent rows of spikes in the upper section.
Dating:
Elamite, late 3rd millennium B.C.
Size:
Height 19.3 cm.
Provenance:
Dutch private collection, acquired at Christie’s London, sale 9599 of 13 May 2003, part of lot 258.
Condition:
Intact.
Stock number:
A0829