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LOT 1605
Stone Age Thick-Butted Knapped Axe Head
NORDIC NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4000-2000 B.P.
7 in. (663 grams, 18 cm).
Dressed on all faces, symmetrical in profile with elongated, trapezoidal plan and rectangular cross-section; slightly curved broad sides, slanting neck with slightly rounded cutting edge; narrow faces with traces of retouching, broad faces partly polished at forward end, rear retouched for attachment of the haft; grey flint (silex), marbled in various shades of grey.
ProvenanceEx Dr Siegfried Zimmer, circa 1950.
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LOT 1605
Stone Age Thick-Butted Knapped Axe Head
Estimate £350 - 550€410 - 640 (for guidance only)$470 - 740 (for guidance only)
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