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LOT 0279
Stone Age Knapped Flint Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-100,000 B.P.
6 in. (587 grams, 15.4 cm).
Symmetrically knapped with traces of retouching on both surfaces; piriform in plan with trimmed point, broad rounded butt; thick lentoid cross-section; roughly prepared working edges; yellowish-beige stone, superficial patina remaining.
ProvenanceEx Hervé Bouraly, Saint Ouen, France, between 1965-1990.
Inscription on object: '1953. Champley (Yonne)'.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.6, for type.
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