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LOT 1561
Stone Age Flint Debitage
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P. OR LATER
3 in. (89 grams, 78 mm).
Triangular in plan with two old collection notes '4307/1/28' and 'SNC 1.83 W.G.S.' [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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