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LOT 0328
Stone Age 'Somme' Grey Speckled White Knapped Flint Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 240,000- 38,000 B.P.
4 1/8 in. (210 grams, 10.5 cm).
With broad rounded butt, D-shaped in section, some cortex at butt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found in the Somme Region, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.12, for type.
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LOT 0328
Stone Age 'Somme' Grey Speckled White Knapped Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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