Ax
Object type: Tool, Axe, Ax, Hoe
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Medium: Flint
Dimensions: L. 10.8 × W. 5.5 × th. 2 cm, Wt. 106.8g (4 1/4 × 2 3/16 × 13/16 in., 3.767oz.)
Geography: From    Egypt Western Delta Merimda Beni Salama
Excavation: Vienna Academy of Science excavations 1929–30
Credit line: Gift of Albert Rothbart, 1933
Accession year: 1933