Ax-head used as an amulet?
Object type: Amulet, Ax-head
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Medium: Basalt
Dimensions: L: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); W: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
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