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Blade (axe head?)
Blade (axe head?)

Blade (axe head?)

Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Object PlaceAswan, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueStone: jasper
DimensionsLength x width x thickness: 9 x 4.4 x 1 cm (3 9/16 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Charles Greely Loring
Accession number01.7453
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing
ProvenanceFound in digging the Aswan dam 1900–1901. Gift of Charles Greely Loring to the MFA.
(Accession date: January 1, 1901)