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LOT 1766
Stone Age English Flint Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.P.
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (3.22 grams total, 20-29 mm).
Barbed-and-tanged and lanceolate types, each with findspot. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Dorset/Hampshire, UK.
Ex N. Thomas collection, 1970s-1980s.
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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Superb Stone Age Knapped Dark Red Pointed Flint Hand Axe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, 250,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Lentoid in section with point at each end, some cortex remaining. 154 grams, 11.2 cm
Found Aisne, France. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 113 grams total, 23-41 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
Stone Age Knapped Chopper
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-280,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Irregular in plan, water-worn with much cortex in situ, broad cutting edge; inked legend 'P2'. 220 grams, 10.8 cm
Found 410 Building, Westcott, Buckinghamshire, UK, 1970. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P2; 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.
