Narmer Macehead

Narmer macehead
The Narmer Macehead (front).
The Narmer Macehead (back). The name of Narmer appears in the serekh at the top.
Illustrations on the Narmer Macehead

The Narmer macehead is an ancient Egyptian decorative stone mace head.[1] It was found in the "main deposit" in the temple area of the ancient Egyptian city of Nekhen (Hierakonpolis) by James Quibell in 1898.[2] It is dated to the Early Dynastic Period reign of king Narmer (c. 31st century BC) whose serekh is engraved on it. The macehead is now kept at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

  1. ^ Narmer Catalog (Narmer Macehead)
  2. ^ Quibell, pp. 8–9, pl. 26B.