Title: Biface, commonly referred to as a hand ax
Object type: Tool, Biface, Hand-axe, Ovate
Date: ca. 400,000–240,000 B.C.
Period: Lower Paleolithic Period
Medium: Flint
Dimensions: L. 11.9 × W. 8.2 × Th. 4 cm, Wt. 356.5g (4 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 1 9/16 in., 12.574oz.)
Credit line: Gift of C. T. Currelly, 1906
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri    
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY