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LOT 1633

Stone Age 'Arun' Flint Scraper

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.

3 in. (128 grams, 76 mm).

Triangular with narrow butt, inked label 'N12-108'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Arun, Littlehampton, Sussex, UK, before 1979.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1633

Stone Age 'Arun' Flint Scraper

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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