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LOT 1691
Stone Age Knapped Chopper
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 450,000-280,000 B.P.
4 1/4 in. (220 grams, 10.8 cm).
Irregular in plan, water-worn with much cortex in situ, broad cutting edge; inked legend 'P2'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found 410 Building, Westcott, Buckinghamshire, UK, 1970.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P2; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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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