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LOT 1530
Stone Age Knapped Flint Blade
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 9000 B.P.
4 in. (129 grams, 10.3 cm).
Triangular in section with cortex to the thick back, lateral pitting. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Norwich, Norfolk.
From an old Norfolk collection formed during the 1960s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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