Rare bronze battle mace head, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 9th.-8th. cent. BC
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1486157
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1486157
$795.00
A very rare massive bronze mace head, Neo-Assyrian Empire, c. 9th.-8th. cent. BC.
More massive in construction than the typical 2nd.-1st. millenium BC mace heads with the solid socket being 4,5 cm. wide. Assyrian design, where the balance is at the very top of the mace head, which is ending in a wide hexagonal star of flat, sturdy projections. High quality weapon with finely detailed profiles and line engravings.
Size: Diameter of the star shape is 9,2 cm. the socket is c. 4,5 cm. at the base and the mace head is c. 8,8 cm. tall. The weight is 684 grams!
Condition: Choice Very fine and intact, with a slightly rough uncleaned green and red patina.
Reff. See Istanbul Museum of the Ancient Orient for a similar star design of a mace head, inscribed with the name of Assyrian King Shalmaneser III, 859-824 BC.
The mace head could also hide a similar Assyrian inscription below the thick patina.
More massive in construction than the typical 2nd.-1st. millenium BC mace heads with the solid socket being 4,5 cm. wide. Assyrian design, where the balance is at the very top of the mace head, which is ending in a wide hexagonal star of flat, sturdy projections. High quality weapon with finely detailed profiles and line engravings.
Size: Diameter of the star shape is 9,2 cm. the socket is c. 4,5 cm. at the base and the mace head is c. 8,8 cm. tall. The weight is 684 grams!
Condition: Choice Very fine and intact, with a slightly rough uncleaned green and red patina.
Reff. See Istanbul Museum of the Ancient Orient for a similar star design of a mace head, inscribed with the name of Assyrian King Shalmaneser III, 859-824 BC.
The mace head could also hide a similar Assyrian inscription below the thick patina.
