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Stone Age Egyptian Knapped Ovate Hand Axe Stone Age Egyptian Knapped Ovate Hand Axe Stone Age Egyptian Knapped Ovate Hand Axe Stone Age Egyptian Knapped Ovate Hand Axe Stone Age Egyptian Knapped Ovate Hand Axe Stone Age Egyptian Knapped Ovate Hand Axe
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LOT 1776

Stone Age Egyptian Knapped Ovate Hand Axe

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

4 in. (180 grams, 10.6 cm).

With thick butt and much cortex to the upper face. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Egypt.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P47; 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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LOT 1776

Stone Age Egyptian Knapped Ovate Hand Axe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

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