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LOT 1498
Large Belgian Stone Age Long Flint Blade
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
7 1/2 in. (628 grams, 19 cm).
A light grey-white flint core with blade removals from around the whole; marked 'S.P1' on two faces. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Spiennes, Belgium.
From an old Parisian collection.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes. A good example which shows the long flake removals which were then made to make knives, tools and daggers.
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