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<em>Mace</em>, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_overall01.jpg)
Mace, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_overall01.jpg)
<em>Mace</em>, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_overall01.jpg)

Mace, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_overall01.jpg)

<em>Mace</em>, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_overall02.jpg)

Mace, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_overall02.jpg)

<em>Mace</em>, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_overall03.jpg)

Mace, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_overall03.jpg)

<em>Mace</em>, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_overall04.jpg)

Mace, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_overall04.jpg)

<em>Mace</em>, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_bottom01.jpg)

Mace, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_bottom01.jpg)

<em>Mace</em>, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_bottom02.jpg)

Mace, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_bottom02.jpg)

<em>Mace</em>, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_bottom03.jpg)

Mace, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_bottom03.jpg)

<em>Mace</em>, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_bottom04.jpg)

Mace, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_bottom04.jpg)

<em>Mace</em>, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_bottom05.jpg)

Mace, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_bottom05.jpg)

<em>Mace</em>, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_top.jpg)

Mace, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_top.jpg)

<em>Mace</em>, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.965_.1025_.1002_.1000_.999_.1001_09.889.153-.156_09.889.197_09.889.199_09.889.201-.206_NegID_07.447.965GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

Mace, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.965_.1025_.1002_.1000_.999_.1001_09.889.153-.156_09.889.197_09.889.199_09.889.201-.206_NegID_07.447.965GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

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Mace

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Syenite
DATES ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E.
PERIOD Predynastic Period
DIMENSIONS 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 09.889.205
CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Mace, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_overall01.jpg)
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<em>Mace</em>, ca. 4400–3100 B.C.E. Syenite, 1 1/16 x Diam. 3 7/16 in. (2.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.205. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.205_overall01.jpg)

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