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LOT 0499
Stone Age Flint Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
6 1/2 in. (480 grams total, 16.5 cm).
Finely knapped bifacial hand axe of triangular form with rounded butt; with printed and inked 'MADIJEN / EI:190M / THEBES / 1905' findspot label; with custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Madijen, Thebes, 1905.
Old German collection, before 1920.
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