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LOT 1598
Stone Age Flint Scraper and Flake Tool Group
MESOLITHIC-EARLY NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 9000-5000 B.P.
5/8 - 1 3/4 in. (56.8 grams total, 15-46 mm).
One round steep-sided scraper, a flake tool, and other items. [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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