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.

Provenance

From the property of Mr O.S., a late Suffolk, UK, gentleman, who acquired at auction from the 1960s.

Literature

Cf. Madsen, A.P., Antiquités Préhistoriques du Danemark, Copenhagen, 1872, pl.26, 1.

CONDITION

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LOT 0331