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<em>Axe Head</em>, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.998_overall01.jpg)
Axe Head, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.998_overall01.jpg)
<em>Axe Head</em>, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.998_overall01.jpg)

Axe Head, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.998_overall01.jpg)

<em>Axe Head</em>, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.998_overall02.jpg)

Axe Head, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.998_overall02.jpg)

<em>Axe Head</em>, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.998_back01.jpg)

Axe Head, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.998_back01.jpg)

<em>Axe Head</em>, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.998_back02.jpg)

Axe Head, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.998_back02.jpg)

<em>Axe Head</em>, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.990_.998_.1009_.1011_.1018-.1020_.1012_.1022_.1006-.1008_.989_.995_.996_.994_.969_09.889.127-.128_NegID_07.447.989GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

Axe Head, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.07.447.990_.998_.1009_.1011_.1018-.1020_.1012_.1022_.1006-.1008_.989_.995_.996_.994_.969_09.889.127-.128_NegID_07.447.989GRPA_print_bw.jpg)

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Axe Head

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Gray chert
DATES ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E.
PERIOD Predynastic Period to Old Kingdom
DIMENSIONS 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 07.447.998
CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Axe Head, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.998_overall01.jpg)
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<em>Axe Head</em>, ca. 4400–2170 B.C.E. Gray chert, 2 5/16 x 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.9 x 2.3 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.998. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.998_overall01.jpg)

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Egyptian
Egypt
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chert
predynastic
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axe
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flaked
naqada II
Naqada III
Kom el Ahmar
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hoes

TAGS

Egyptian
Egypt
gray
chert
predynastic
old kingdom
tool
axe
head
cortical
conical
bifacially
flaked
naqada II
Naqada III
Kom el Ahmar
settlement
crude
hoes

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