Axe head
4500–3800 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueGranite
DimensionsLegacy dimension: .077 x .09
Credit LineEmily Esther Sears Fund
Accession number04.1836
On View
Not on viewClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
Collections
Provenance1904, purchased at Qena from Ghirghis by Albert M. Lythgoe for 4 pounds (with 04.1803 and 04.1804); said to come from Basileia.
750–250 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.
Naqada I–II, 3850–3300 B.C.