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LOT 0334
Stone Age Danish Knapped Stone Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 5TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 in. (150 grams, 18 cm).
In amber and grey-coloured flint, bifacially knapped with convex cutting edge, slender tapering profile with squared sides and butt; old inked collector's reference 'OMT' to edge.
ProvenanceEx J. Shaul collection, 2000s.
LiteratureCf. Madsen, A.P., Antiquités Préhistoriques du Danemark, Copenhagen, 1872, pl.26, 1.
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