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LOT 1767

Stone Age Knapped Flint Tool Group

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.

1 - 2 1/4 in. (22.9 grams total, 24-58 mm).

Including a sidescraper and a plano-convex slug knife, with inked legend 'N8-80'; '39', 'N12-105', '1972'; '40', 'N12-106', '1972'. [3, No Reserve]

Provenance

N105 & 106 acquired from Martin Green in 1972.
N.80 acquired from M.Younge and found in the Feltwell area of Norfolk, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1767

Stone Age Knapped Flint Tool Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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