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LOT 1631
Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 B.P.
1 1/4 - 1 3/8 in. (8.8 grams total, 33-37 mm).
Three knapped arrowheads, one with tang in light brown flint, two leaf-shaped in light brown flint. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Thames Valley in the 19th century.
From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK.
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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