Mace Head
33-15-574
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iran | Tepe Hissar
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 33-15-574 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iran | Tepe Hissar |
| Archaeology Area | DF09X1 |
| Locus | DF 09x1 | Plot Record #15 |
| Period | Hissar III |
| Date Made | 2000-1500 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Copper |
| Description | Long hollow cylindrical socket encircled by 3 groups of three ridges the base of each slightly extended; socket expands into a sphere on which are numerous irregularly placed vertical protuberances; ridge around top, above which cylinder expands into flat rim. |
| Height | 14.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933 |
| Other Number | H771 - Field No SF |
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