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LOT 1629
Stone Age Flint Sickle Knife
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
3 3/4 in. (69 grams, 97 mm).
A knapped bifacial sickle knife, chipped at one end; inked inscription to the reverse: 'Fakenham, Norfolk'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Fakenham, Norfolk, UK.
Ex collection of P James, South England.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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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