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LOT 1523
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 9000-7000 B.P.
3 7/8 in. (131 grams, 97 mm).
Linguiform in plan, lentoid in section narrowing to a straight edge at the broad end. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx French collection formed 1960s-1970s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Stone Age Knapped Scraper and Implement Collection
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-600,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Bore triangular in section with square butt, scraper with broad edge. 109 grams total, 72-78 mm
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Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Biconvex in section with broad cutting edge. 55 grams, 49 mm
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