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LOT 1553
British Stone Age Knapped Axehead
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.C.
3 1/4 in. (49.1 grams, 84 mm).
Double-edged with a narrow point in creamy-brown patinated flint. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK, 1960s.
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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