Carved in the half-round in three-quarter view, youthful male head with stern features, hair gathered in a browband, horns to the brow; from a frieze or relief; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Carved in the round with thick wreath of laurel leaves to the brow, short tousled hair, stern face with thick jaw; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Standing contrapposto with his weight on his right leg and the left leg brought slightly forward; the musculature of the torso displaying well-defined pectoral muscles, prominent abdominal muscles and wide shoulders, the back with equally toned musculature and well-formed rounded buttocks; the veining of the marble accentuating the idealised anatomy; the now-absent head was most probably turned towards the supporting leg and the left arm would have been raised; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

A high-status green chalcedony seal with frieze depicting a seated figure in horned headdress facing a standing figure with arms outstretched, small monkey to the legs; six columns of Akkadian cuneiform text transliterated as: 1. ki-di-nu UGULA KUŠ-MEŠ 2. GAL šà tan-dru-hu- 3. ra-te-er EŠŠANA šu-ši 4. u an-za-an ARAD 5. šà dha-te-ri-iš 6. šak(?) ì-lí-šu 'Kidinu, chief overseer of the equerries(?) of Tan-Ruhurater, King of Susa and Anzan, servant of Haterishshak, his god'. The seal's owner was an official of King Tan-Ruhurater II (circa 1450 B.C.), king of Susa and Anzan. The title used to describe Kidinu is sometimes translated 'high official', elsewhere 'horse groom' or 'animal trainer'; the Elamite deity Haterish is otherwise unknown.

A substantial torch bearer depicting a male lion or panther standing with legs firmly planted on a rectangular base, tail extending to the ground, with a massive circular shaped armature or candelabra issuing from its back and wearing an elaborate muzzle, the eyes retaining shell inlay with a circular hollow for the pupils; to the right of the beast a kneeling nude male wearing a large belt-armour and a diadem, eyes inlaid, left hand extended to the side and holding the lion's leash.

Wedge-shaped in plan with convex cutting edge and butt, ridge to one cheek; handwritten collector's identification notes to one face reading 'Bardouville Seine Martime, France'. 91 grams, 88 mm



Found Bardouville, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.

Rectangular in section with a square butt, gently curved polished edge. 392 grams, 14.2 cm



Found Denmark. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Ovate in plan and triangular in section with inked '16 St Front' to one face. 260 grams, 11.3 cm



Found field walking in St Front, Dordogne Region, France. From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.

Mainly with one flat and one ridged face, rounded butt. 168 grams total, 33-52 mm



Found North Africa. UK gallery, early 2000s.

Biconvex in profile with applied eyes and mouth, mounted on a custom-made stand. 78 grams total including stand, 36 mm



From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Comprising: one triangular in section with broad butt and narrow edge; one biconvex in section with broad curved edge. 290 grams total, 12-13.5 cm



From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Including one D-shaped with angled cutting edge, one with acute facets forming the edge, and other types. 355 grams total, 40-69 mm



Found North Africa. Ex Ian Richardson collection, Sunderland, UK. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Ovate in plan with rod rounded egd; old collector's label 'Auchelien / Lalinde en Dordogne' (for 'acheuléen'). 163 grams, 10.5 cm



Found Lalinde, Dorogne, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.

Knapped burin with cortex to rounded butt; with an old inked inscription: '8.HC.1021.A /Twydall'. 177 grams, 82 mm



Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.

Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 132 grams total, 22-61 mm



UK gallery, early 2000s.

Most of these Western desert arrowheads found in the area of North Africa, from East Sahara to Fayum, fall in the first half of the 6th millennium B.C. and some may be dated back to the late 7th millennium B.C. In addition, the tanged arrowheads and leaf-shaped arrowheads, similar to the Fayum examples, are well-known in the Pottery Neolithic Culture of the southern Levant during the late 7th-early 6th millennia B.C.

Biconvex in section with narrow butt and broad edge; marked 'Troussencourt'. 188 grams, 12.7 cm



Found Troussencourt, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.

Triangular in plan with some cortex; marked 'Le Monchel'. 163 grams, 11.1 cm



Found Le Monchel France. From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.