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LOT 0283
Stone Age Knapped Flint Cleaver
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC, EUROPEAN ACHEULEAN, CIRCA 400,000-300,000 B.P.
4 7/8 in. (6 1/8 in.) (322 grams, 12.4 cm ( 519 grams total, 15.6 cm including stand)).
Plano-convex in section and ovate in profile with much cortex to the butt; inked findspot data 'Hachereau / 17 - Saintes / Métairie de Madame' and paper labels '32', 'N 13334'.
ProvenanceEx Hervé Bouraly, Saint Ouen, France, between 1965-1990.
Inscription on object: 'Hachereau / 17 - Saintes / Métairie de Madame'.
Europe, France, Saintes, lieu-dit Métairie de Madame.
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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