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LOT 0315
Stone Age Danish Knapped Flint Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 5TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 5/8 in. (745 grams, 22 cm).
In amber-coloured flint, bifacially knapped with convex cutting edge, tapering profile with squared sides and butt; old inked collector's reference 'NTX' to edge.
Provenance
From the collection of J. Shaul, 2000s.
Literature
See Madsen, A.P., Antiquités Préhistoriques du Danemark, Copenhagen, 1872, pl.26, 1.
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