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LOT 0271
Stone Age Knapped Flint Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
6 1/4 in. (290 grams total, 16 cm including stand.).
Of triangular form with slightly flattened tip and rounded butt; with printed and inked 'MADIJEN / EI:190M / THEBES / 1905' find spot label; with custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Thebes, 1905.
British private collection.
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