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LOT 0012

Egyptian Flint Tool Collection

PRE-DYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER

2 3/8 - 5 1/4 in. (165 grams total, 6.2-13.5 mm).

Including piriform scraper tool, single-edged knife with old label 'Gull's wing blade, Egypt', curved blade with old label 'Comma-shaped knife, Egypt', sickle blade and other items with accompanying collector's record card on reverse of a printed invitation to a garden party at Carisbrooke 4th July 1940. [6]

Provenance

From the private collection of Sydney Horne, 1920s-1940s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Aufrère, S., Collections des Musées départementaux de Seine-Maritime, Rouen, 1987, pp.188-190, for comparable examples.

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LOT 0012

Egyptian Flint Tool Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170

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