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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.
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