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LOT 1532
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 1 3/8 in. (119 grams total, 24-35 mm).
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and scaphoid flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Greenwell, David, F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
FootnotesSimilar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis.
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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Stone Age Double-Sided Axehead
Neolithic Period, 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Boat-shaped in plan with central drilling; small chip to on edge; mounted on a custom-made stand. 738 grams total including stand, axehead: 18.2 cm
Private collection, Raguse, Switzerland. with Kölner Munzkabinett, Germany, before 2016. Private European collection. Accompanied by a copy of the 2016 invoice. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
