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Scorpion macehead (Ashmolean Museum) Details, at the time of discovery in Hierakonpolis . The Scorpion macehead (also known as the Major Scorpion macehead ) is a decorated ancient Egyptian macehead found by British archeologists James E. Quibell and Frederick W. Green in what they called the main deposit in the temple of Horus at Hierakonpolis ...
Torso of a man with the Horus name of King Scorpion below the left breast. Anorthositic gneiss, Protodynastic period, circa 3200 BCE. Munich, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, ÄS 7149. King Scorpion's name and title are of great dispute in modern Egyptology. His name is often introduced by a six- or seven-leafed golden rosette or flower sign.
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The Narmer macehead (right) at time of discovery, Hierakonpolis. On the center part of the macehead, behind the throne with the seated king, there is a figure just like the supposed sandal-bearer from the Narmer palette, likewise with the rosette sign above its head. He is followed by a man carrying a long pole.
See the articles on the Narmer Macehead and the Scorpion Macehead for examples of decorated maces inscribed with the names of kings. Moche stone maces, Larco Museum, Lima, Peru. The problem with early maces was that their stone heads shattered easily and it was difficult to fix the head to the wooden handle reliably.
Rekhyt on the Scorpion Macehead. Rekhyt can be seen on the Scorpion Macehead. The scene is interpreted as a victory of King Scorpion II over the Rekhyt people. However, the Rekhyt standards might symbolically represent the control of Scorpion over different areas of Egypt, not necessarily with military conflict.
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It has also been suggested that the Narmer Macehead commemorates this wedding. [68] However, the discovery in 2012 of rock inscriptions in Sinai by Pierre Tallet [69] raise questions about whether she was really Narmer's wife. [h] Neithhotep is probably the earliest non-mythical woman in history whose name is known to us today. [71]