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LOT 0290
Stone Age Polished Greenstone Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4,000-3,500 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (131 grams, 95 mm).
Of teardrop shape in polished greenstone with broad curving cutting edge, lentoid-section body and narrow rounded butt.
Provenance
Found Grimsby, UK, in 2014.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) record report slip entry no.5266.
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