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LOT 1537
Stone Age Ryedale Flint Arrowhead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 1 1/2 in. (4.59 grams total, 25-38 mm).
Comprising two knapped arrowheads, both with some retouching. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Huttons Ambro, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, UK, before 13 November 1999.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by two record sheets by Jim Halliday dated 8 February 2000.
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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