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LOT 1143
Stone Age 'Suffolk' Flint Implement
EARLY LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 712,000-524,000 B.P.
3 1/4 in. (130 grams, 82 mm).
A scraper or small chopper from the Cromerian-Anglian Interglacial Period, with inked inscription 'PAKEFIELD CLIFFS / SUFFOLK'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Pakefield Cliffs, Suffolk, UK.
Ex British collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
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