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LOT 1605

Stone Age Flint Long Hollow Core Scraper

MESOLITHIC-EARLY NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 9000-5000 B.P.

3 3/8 in. (23.8 grams, 86 mm).

With cortex handle, and slightly curved blade, old collector's label: 'HOLLOW SCRAPER / THAMES VALLEY'. [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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LOT 1605

Stone Age Flint Long Hollow Core Scraper

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

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