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LOT 0478
Egyptian Stone Age Hollow-base Arrowhead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4500-3600 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (2.55 grams, 35.6 mm).
A bifacial flint arrowhead with a pronounced hollow-base form. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the late collection of a Cornish couple, formed from the early 1990s.
FootnotesMany hollow-base flint arrowheads were uncovered during excavations at Neolithic sites in Egypt, such as the Fayum region (cf. British Museum EA58736) and Merimde Beni Salama in the Delta (cf. Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology UC10909).
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