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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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0333

Stone Age Danish Knapped Stone Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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