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Hand Axe

Hand Axe

Artist Unidentified
Period Upper Paleolithic Period Ancient Egyptian, 40,000-10,000 BCE
Place of OriginDeir el-Bahari, Luxor, Egypt
DateUpper Paleolithic Period (40,000-10,000 BCE)
Dimensions4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Mediumflint
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1906.207B
Not on View
Collections
  • Decorative Arts
Label TextCarefully 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.
Hand Axe
Hand Axe
Unidentified
Upper Paleolithic Period (40,000-10,000 BCE)
Hand Axe
Hand Axe
Unidentified
Upper Paleolithic Period (40,000-10,000 BCE)
Hand Axe
Hand Axe
Unidentified
Upper Paleolithic Period (40,000-10,000 BCE)
Hand Axe
Hand Axe
Unidentified
Upper Paleolithic Period (40,000-10,000 BCE)
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