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LOT 0267
Stone Age Danish Neolithic Knapped Flint Axe
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/2 in. (750 grams, 16.5 cm).
In veined amber-coloured flint, bifacially knapped with convex cutting edge tapering with squared sides and butt; likely from the early Single Grave culture. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Sealand, Denmark.
From the private collection of a County Durham, UK, gentleman.
See Madsen, A. P., Antiquités Préhistoriques du Danemark, Copenhagen, 1872, pl.26, 1.
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