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LOT 1595
Stone Age Grey Flint Round Steep-Sided Scraper
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 B.P.
2 1/8 in. (29.1 grams, 56 mm).
With knapped edges and of oval shape, light grey one side, light brown to verso. [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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