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LOT 1729
British Stone Age Flint Scraper Group
CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 5/8 - 2 in. (55 grams total, 43-52 mm).
Both ovate in profile with broad butt; one marked 'BA1-3', 'M.G.Dorset' and the other 'BA1-2' '260'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Verwood area, N.E. Dorset, UK.
Acquired from Martin Green in 1974.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection nos.BA1-2, 1-3; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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