Mace (bludgeon) - Wikipedia
A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes. A mace typically consists of a strong, heavy, wooden or metal shaft, often reinforced with metal, featuring a head made of stone, bone, copper, bronze, iron, or steel.
Disc-shaped macehead | Predynastic, Naqada l–Early Naqada II
Maces were important weapons in the Predynastic era, and became symbols of power and prestige. The heads, which were made of stone and fastened to wooden shafts, follow a clear development, from disc-shaped examples like the one here, to …
Pre-Dynastic Macehead - The University of Memphis
A maces is a club-like weapon with a heavy head on a handle. These weapons are characteristic of the Gerzean or Naqada II culture of the Predynastic Period. Two forms of maceheads were common in the Predynastic Period which were the pear-shaped or "piriform" maceheads andthe disk-shaped maceheads.
The Blunt Instrument: A Weapon of Enduring Fascination in …
The earliest known are disc maces with odd but beautifully formed stones mounted perpendicularly to their handle. As one of the earliest weapons in ancient Egypt, the mace was guaranteed fame as a source of Pharaoh's prowess for some 3,000 years, long after it was abandoned as a practical weapon.
Overlooked Weapon of Ancient History: The DISC MACE
You've seen flanged and spiked maces, but did you know about the disc type? Found in ancient Egypt, Neolithic (Younger Stone Age) Europe, Mesoamerica, Papua ...
This paper investigates the production of maces, axes and bows and arrows as weapons during ancient Egypt. The design and features of every one of the three weapons is analysed and their features are
Mace Head - The Global Egyptian Museum
A pear shaped mace head made from diorite. The mace was a favourite weapon in warfare and was also used as a ceremonial weapon by the kings, as evidenced by the countless scenes and reliefs depicting the king smiting Egypt's enemies with a huge mace.
(PDF) Archaic Maces of Ancient Egypt - Academia.edu
The mace, a weapon for striking and smashing in hand-to-hand combat, was one of the most important and commonly used weapons on the battlefields of the ancient Near East from the ninth to the third millennia. 1 Outside the battlefield, the mace had ceremonial and ritual functions.
MUSEUM-CLASS EGYPTIAN BLACK PORPHYRY STONE DISK MACE …
The disk mace was the earliest form of mace head in ancient Egypt. This specimen has a lentoid cross-section, typical diameter, and finely drilled center hole that allowed the mace head to be mounted to a shaft handle. This very rare perforated disk mace would have made a formidable weapon in its day.
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Mace - eScholarship
mace is a club-like weapon with a heavy head pierced through for the insertion of a handle. The mace is often considered to be the characteristic weapon of Predynastic Egypt, as Predynastic maceheads (which usually survived their handles) are comparatively numerous.
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