Bull head mace
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| Weapon type: | Mace |
| Designations: | Bull-Head-Mace |
| Region of origin / author: |
Persia |
| Distribution: | Persia |
| Overall length: | about 71 cm to about 100 cm |
| Handle: | metal |
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The bull's head mace , engl. Bull-Head-Mace , is a weapon from Persia.
description
The bull's head mace has a metal, heavy, hollow hammer head that is shaped in the shape of a bull's head . Due to the hollow design of the head, there is a whistling sound when you strike with the mace. The shaft is usually round and made of metal. There are different versions that vary in length and design. Related to this mace is the devil's head mace .
The Iranian mythology after has Fereydun for battle with the tyrant Zahhak can forge a mace with a bull head.
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (reprint), page 422.
- ^ William M. Brinner: The History of al-Tabari Vol. 2: Prophets and Patriarchs. SUNY series in Near Eastern Studies, ISBN 0-7914-9751-8 .
literature
- Tony Curtis: The Lyle official antiques review. 1984, ISBN 978-0-86248-046-2 , page 86.
- Phyllis Ackerman: A survey of Persian art from prehistoric times to the present. Volume 6, Oxford University Press, 1965, (reprint), pages 2580, 2777.
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