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LOT 0333
Stone Age Danish Knapped Stone Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 5TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/2 in. (446 grams, 19 cm).
Square-butted elongated trapezoid, unpolished mottled brown flint, square in section tapering to a curved cutting edge.
Provenance
Ex J. Shaul collection, 2000s.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.5, for type.
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