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LOT 1499
Stone Age Flint Retouched Blade
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/8 in. (178 grams, 18.1 cm).
Slender two-edged scraper blade. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection formed mostly before 2000.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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