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LOT 1611
Egyptian Stone Age Triangular Knife
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-250,000 B.P.
3 3/4 in. (28.9 grams, 96 mm).
With thick rear edge and carefully knapped angled cutting edges. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Derbyshire auction house, UK.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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