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LOT 1719
Stone Age Egyptian Knapped Ovate Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 450,000-280,000 B.P.
3 1/2 in. (182 grams, 89 mm).
Lentoid in section with rounded cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Egypt.
Acquired from an old German collection.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P48; 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.
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