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LOT 1555
Stone Age Angular and Other Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 - 2 3/4 in. (148 grams total, 29-70 mm).
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface flint and chert arrowheads, some triangular in section, slender and scaphoid in plan; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Greenwell, David, F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
FootnotesSimilar 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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Stone Age Angular and Other Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface flint and chert arrowheads, some triangular in section, slender and scaphoid in plan; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 148 grams total, 29-70 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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. -
British Stone Age Knapped Axehead
Mesolithic Period, circa 6000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Double-edged with a narrow point in creamy-brown patinated flint. 49.1 grams, 84 mm
Found near Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK, 1960s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
British Stone Age Socketted Bone Mace Head
Neolithic Period, 4000-2300 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Carved from a large bone fragment and drilled through the centre. 227 grams, 10.4 cm
Found Colwick, Nottinghamshire. From the private collection of John Fox, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK, antiquarian and archaeologist; his collection assembled in the 1950s-1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
