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LOT 1649

Stone Age Flint Round Steep-Sided Scraper Group

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 B.P.

1 - 1 1/2 in. (43.4 grams total, 27-38 mm).

Five scrappers knapped in light to dark drown flint, one round, others ovate. [5, 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 1649

Stone Age Flint Round Steep-Sided Scraper Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

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