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LOT 1598
Large Stone Age Tenerian Pecked Hammer Stone
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 9TH-7TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
4 3/4 in. (1.06 kg, 12.2 cm).
Rounded cobble with signs of use as a hammer stone in knapping. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom South Central Sahara.
Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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