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LOT 1515
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
5 1/4 in. (170 grams, 13.4 cm).
Double-edged with broad edge and square butt, in blue-grey patinated flint. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK.
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