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Scorpion Macehead
The Scorpion Macehead is a decorated limestone ceremonial mace head found in the Main Deposit of the temple at Hierakonpolis in 1897–1898. It shows a king wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt, identified by a scorpion sign, performing a ritual with a hoe, perhaps opening a canal or founding a temple. It is a main source for the late Predynastic ruler known as King Scorpion and is now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Scorpion Macehead. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/scorpion-macehead
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Scorpion Macehead’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/scorpion-macehead (Accessed: ).
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