id:			94848
accession number:	1915.41
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.41
updated:		2025-06-24 11:21:02.613000

Hand Axe, before c. 10,000 BCE. Egypt, Haraga, Paleolithic period. Dark-brown-colored flint; overall: 8 x 5 cm (3 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1915.41

title:				Hand Axe
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creation date:			before c. 10,000 BCE
creation date earliest:		-350000
creation date latest:		-30000
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creditline:			Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt
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culture:	Egypt, Haraga, Paleolithic period
technique:	dark-brown-colored flint
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Predynastic
type:		Implements
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measurements: Overall: 8 x 5 cm (3 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '1915.41 and 1915.42: CMA 1916, nos. 153, 152, p. 224', 'opening_date': '1915-01-01T00:00:00'}

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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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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.41/1915.41_full.tif