8th-7th century BC. A copper-alloy mace head decorated with a circumferential band of raised lozenge shapes; attractive green patina; drilled vertically for attachment. See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artefacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, item 307, for a comparable example.275 grams, 51mm (2"). From the collection of a Surrey gentleman; acquired 1970-1980.