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LOT 232593
Estimate
GBP (£) 60 - 80
EUR (€) 69 - 93
USD ($) 80 - 107
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) (+bp*)
LARGE STONE AGE LEAF-SHAPED ARROWHEAD COLLECTION
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 - 2 3/8 in. (384 grams total, 38-62 mm).
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 - 2 3/8 in. (384 grams total, 38-62 mm).
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [50, No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
UK gallery, early 2000s.
LITERATURE:
See Greenwell, D.F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
FOOTNOTES:
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis.
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AUCTIONS:
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