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Hand Axe

4400-2100 BC

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

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  • Title: Hand Axe
  • Date Created: 4400-2100 BC
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
  • Provenance: El-Haraga
  • Type: Implements
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.37
  • Medium: dark-brown-colored flint
  • Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
  • Culture: Egypt, El-Haraga, excavated in 1914, Predynastic or Old Kingdom
  • Credit Line: Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt
  • Collection: Egypt - Predynastic
  • Accession Number: 1915.37
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