Hand Axe
Date: Upper Paleolithic Period (40,000-10,000 BCE)
Dimensions:
4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Medium: flint
Place of Origin: Deir el-Bahari, Luxor, Egypt
Classification: Utilitarian Objects
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1906.207B
Label Text:Carefully chipped from larger pieces of flint, hand axes are among the earliest objects made in Egypt. Nomadic hunters in the Paleolithic Period used these hand-held axes as their principal tool. Pointed axes served as weapons to kill and butcher game.
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