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LOT 1603
Stone Age Flint Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 B.P.
3/4 - 1 1/2 in. (21.89 grams total, 19-39 mm).
Knapped scrappers and other items in light brown to light grey flint. [6, 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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