Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Tool Group from Thebes

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 11,000-5,200 B.P.

2 3/8 - 3 3/8 in. (216 grams total, 61-85 mm).

Comprising three knapped tools, each with an inked inscription 'W.Thebes 1912'. [3, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found 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.

CONDITION

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