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LOT 1897
Scandinavian Type VIB Knapped Flint Dagger
EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1800 B.C.
6 3/8 in. (58.4 grams, 16.2 cm).
With lentoid-section shank, leaf-shaped blade; repaired.
ProvenanceFrom as European collection formed after 1968.
From the private collection of a North Somerset, UK, gentleman collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.206.
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