Title: Ax
Object type: Tool, Axe, ax, Hoe
Date: ca. 4500–4000 B.C.
Period: Neolithic Period, Buto–Merimda–Maadi
Medium: Flint
Dimensions: L. 11.1 × W. 4.5 × Th. 0.3 cm, Wt. 118g (4 3/8 × 1 3/4 × 1/8 in., 4.162oz.)
Credit line: Gift of Albert Rothbart, 1929
Geography: From    Egypt Western Delta Merimda Beni Salama   Vienna Academy of Science excavations, 1927–29 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY