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LOT 1711
Stone Age Polished Grey Whetstone
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
5 7/8 in. (300 grams, 15 cm).
Rectangular-section bar with rounded sides due to edge-polishing; inked legend 'A24', 'M2'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Stephen Murray, UK, 1979.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N2; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original old black and white photograph.
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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Stone Age Angular and Other Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface flint and chert arrowheads, including tanged and other types; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 122 grams total, 23-44 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Similar 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. -
Stone Age Twydall Flake
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With catalogue description '1298 struck flake blade point (snipped)'; inked collector's legend '2.PB. 1298.A/Twydall'. 31 grams, 69 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. 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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Circa 4th-2nd millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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