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LOT 1690
Stone Age Polished Grained Dolerite Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4000-2300 B.P.
4 1/4 in. (332 grams, 10.6 cm).
A complete ground or polished stone axehead sub-ovate in plan, narrower at the butt end with a steep curve to the cutting edge, facetted ovate section with squared off sides. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Skirpenbeck, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-3B9FD3.
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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