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LOT 1694
Stone Age Pecked Hammer Stone
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
2 1/2 in. (285 grams, 64 mm).
Roughly spherical with inked '127' legend. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Libya.
Acquired Phillip Carter, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N127; 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.
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