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LOT 1734

Stone Age Egyptian Knapped Ovate Hand Axe

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 450,000-280,000 B.P.

3 3/4 in. (288 grams, 94 mm).

Lentoid in section with irregular edge, cortex to one face; collector's label 'P49'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Egypt.
Acquired from an old German collection.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P49; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1734

Stone Age Egyptian Knapped Ovate Hand Axe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

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