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LOT 1726

Stone Age Pecked Hammerstone

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

2 1/8 in. (207 grams, 55 mm).

Blue-grey spherical hammerstone with inked identification '135 MH' and label 'Neolithic Hammerstone / Fen Edge Norfolk'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Fen Edge area, Feltwell, Norfolk, UK.
Acquired M.Younge, UK, 1973.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N11; 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 1726

Stone Age Pecked Hammerstone

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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