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LOT 1574
Stone Age Flint Scraper and Chisel Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 B.P.
1 5/8 - 1 3/4 in. (36.2 grams total, 42-45 mm).
A round twin-bladed hollow core scraper, and one grey short chisel. [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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