id:			94807
accession number:	1915.37
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.37
updated:		2025-02-08 22:14:10.544000

Hand Axe, 4400–2100 BCE. Egypt, Haraga, excavated in 1914, Predynastic (5000–2950 BCE)–Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE). Dark-brown-colored flint; overall: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt 1915.37

title:				Hand Axe
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creation date:			4400–2100 BCE
creation date earliest:		-4400
creation date latest:		-2100
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creditline:			Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt
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culture:	Egypt, Haraga, excavated in 1914, Predynastic (5000–2950 BCE)–Old Kingdom (2647–2124 BCE)
technique:	dark-brown-colored flint
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Predynastic
type:		Implements
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measurements: Overall: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	El-Haraga
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CITATIONS

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 121; Mentioned: p. 121
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