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LOT 1651
Stone Age Flint Knife Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 B.P.
2 1/4 - 2 7/8 in. (46.1 grams total, 58-72 mm).
Two hard hammer struck knife blades, one with old collector's label: 'SCRAPER / THAMES VALLEY'. [2, 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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