Scorpion Macehead

[1] It measures 25 centimeters long, is made of limestone, is pear-shaped, and is attributed to the pharaoh Scorpion (c. 3200–3000 BCE) due to the glyph of a scorpion engraved close to the image of a king wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt.

People's lower body, their legs, arms, and head were almost always shown in profile, while their torso was depicted in frontal view, as was the eye.

On the macehead the king sporting a bull's tail is standing by a body of water, probably a canal, holding a hoe.

Little is left of this macehead and its imagery: A king wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, sitting on a throne below a canopy, holding a flail.

Facing him is a falcon who may be holding an end of a rope in one of its claws – a motif also present on the Narmer Palette.