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LOT 1580
Stone Age 'Salisbury' Grey Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000-2000 B.C.
3 7/8 in. (66 grams, 98 mm).
Small and triangular in plan with narrow butt, some cortex remaining; old inked legend 'SALISBURY' to one end. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound fieldwalking near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, by Mr P.M.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.2, for type.
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