An Egyptian Breccia Mace Head, Old Kingdom, ca. 2700 - 2500 BCE Architectural Presented in our Sands of

Presented in our Sands of Time custom display box from which it can be easily removed

Portland Art Museum

This compact calcite-alabaster vessel is a classic example of the “beehive” unguent jars manufactured in southern Arabia during the height of the incense trade

It is re-strung as a necklace on a modern 18K yellow gold chain that can be adjusted up to 18 inches

and they were often used in Roman baths

An Egyptian Breccia Mace Head, Old Kingdom, ca. 2700 - 2500 BCE Architectural Presented in our Sands ofThis stone mace head is a surviving example of one of humanity's earliest and most enduring weapons. Carefully shaped into a rounded, pear like form and pierced longitudinally for attachment to a wooden shaft, it would originally have served as the striking head of a mace, a weapon used throughout Egypt from the Predynastic Period onward. While practical in function, the mace quickly assumed a symbolic role in Egyptian society. By the dawn of the