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LOT 1731

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

STONE AGE TENERIAN PECKED AND GROUND CELT AXE
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
4 5/8 in. (370 grams, 11.7 cm).

With round-section narrow butt flaring to a broad curved cutting edge. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Found South Central Sahara.
Ex private French collection formed in the 1960s-1970s.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.

Accompanied by a previous catalogue information ticket.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION
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