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LOT 0331
Exceptionally Large Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 7TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
13 in. (2.05 kg, 33 cm).
Square in section with broad rounded butt and only slightly narrower tip, polished, some cortex remaining.
ProvenanceFrom the property of Mr O.S., a late Suffolk, UK, gentleman, who acquired at auction from the 1960s.
LiteratureCf. Madsen, A.P., Antiquités Préhistoriques du Danemark, Copenhagen, 1872, pl.26, 1.
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