Title: Ax
Object type: Tool, Axe, Ax, Hoe
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Period: Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi
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.)
Credit line: Gift of Albert Rothbart, 1933
Geography: From    Egypt Western Delta Merimda Beni Salama   Vienna Academy of Science excavations 1929–30 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY