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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 four knapped implements, each with an inked find location. [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)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Coptic Carved Bone Doll
Circa 4th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex in section with carinated upper face, incised linear and drilled detailing. 7.92 grams, 10.3 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Large Egyptian Amuletic Cartouche-shaped Stamp Naming Amun-Re
Third Intermediate Period-Late Period, circa 1069-332 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Large oval stamp with plano-convex profile, plumed motif to the top, pierced for suspension; underside with hieroglyphic legend, possibly a garbled version of (A)mun-Re, lord of the thrones (of the two lands). 13.2 grams, 49 mm
Excavated from Egypt in 1914. From the private collection of Mr David Sams and his wife Elizabeth Kate Sams, gentry and amateur archaeologists who travelled to Egypt in 1914 with their daughter Ethel. Mr Sams and his wife led digging expeditions from which these items come from the family estate of Mr and Mrs Sams, by direct descent to their granddaughter. -
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Honey-Coloured Flint Knife
Predynastic Period, circa 3500-3000 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Knapped knife with curved edge; with old collector's record card detailing place of purchase and other details. 41.1 grams, 12.3 cm
Ex Puys-Aubert collection, Alexandria, March 1963, for 6 shillings. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old typed information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.106.
