id:			94858
accession number:	1915.42
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.42
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:09.626000

Hand Axe, c. 120,000–30,000 BCE. Egypt, Paleolithic period. Black to dark-green-colored flint; overall: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt 1915.42

title:				Hand Axe
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creation date:			c. 120,000–30,000 BCE
creation date earliest:		-9999
creation date latest:		-9998
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creditline:			Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt
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culture:	Egypt, Paleolithic period
technique:	black to dark-green-colored flint
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Predynastic
type:		Implements
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measurements: Overall: 4 cm (1 9/16 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/1915.42/1915.42_full.tif