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LOT 0444
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Tool Group from Thebes
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 11,000-5,200 B.P.
2 - 3 3/4 in. (89 grams total, 52-94 mm).
Comprising: a long, bifacially flaked blade, a rectangular scraper or adze, a slender, elongated blade or knife, and a triangular projectile point or axe head. [4, 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 0444
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Tool Group from Thebes
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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