Biface, commonly referred to as a hand ax
Object type: Tool, Biface, Hand Ax
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Lower Paleolithic Period
Date: ca. 300,000–90,000 B.C.
Medium: Flint
Dimensions: L. 12 × W. 5.5 × Th/. 1.6 cm, Wt. 116.4g (4 3/4 × 2 3/16 × 5/8 in., 4.105oz.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Credit line: Gift of C. T. Currelly, 1906
Accession year: 1906