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LOT 0459
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead Group from Thebes
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 11,000-5,200 B.P.
1 1/4 - 2 1/4 in. (24.8 grams total, 33-58 mm).
Comprising five barbed types, two with chipped barbs; accompanied with a handwritten tag reading 'Neolithic hollow-based arrowheads. Fayuum type. c.5000 BC'. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thebes.
From the collection of A.D. Passmore (1879-1958), his collection of flints from the area of Stonehenge was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in the 1950s.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton.
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LOT 0459
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead Group from Thebes
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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