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In ancient Egypt, stone mace heads were first used nearly 6,000 years ago in the predynastic period. The earliest known are disk maces with odd but beautifully formed stones mounted perpendicularly to their handle. Maces as a weapon were used extensively in Egypt and neighboring Canaan. A rounded pear form of mace head known as a "piriform" replaced the disk mace in the Naqada II period of pre-dynastic Upper Egypt (3600-3250 BC) and was used throughout the Naqada III period (3250-3100 BC).
AW34359. Stone globular mace-head, variegated breccia marble, Choice, 6.3 cm (2 1/2"), SOLD
Egyptian, Stone pyriform Mace-Head, Naqada II or III, c. 3600 - 3100 B.C.
In ancient Egypt, stone mace heads were first used nearly 6,000 years ago in the predynastic period. The earliest known are disk maces with odd but beautifully formed stones mounted perpendicularly to their handle. Maces as a weapon were used extensively in Egypt and neighboring Canaan. A rounded pear form of mace head known as a "piriform" replaced the disk mace in the Naqada II period of pre-dynastic Upper Egypt (3600-3250 BC) and was used throughout the Naqada III period (3250-3100 BC).
AE34358. Stone piriform mace-head, variegated breccia marble, Choice, 7 cm (2 3/4"), SOLD
Homo Erectus, Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Stone Hand Axe, 1 Million - 400,000 B.C.
Found in the Rift Valley, Ethiopia in the 1970's. From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.AA35451. Homo Erectus, stone hand axe; cf. Johnson & Shreve pp. 148-150, cf. Malloy Weapons 2; 5" x 3 1/2", Choice, beige-grey rough lava, finely worked to biface shape; heavy gray patina, SOLD
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