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LOT 1742
Stone Age Unfinished Axehead in Gabroic Stone
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4000-2300 B.P.
4 in. (400 grams, 10 cm).
A complete ground axehead sub-ovate in plan, narrower at the butt end with a rounded curve to the cutting edge, ovate section. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Bainton, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-3BAD47.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Footnotes
The unpolished nature of the object suggests it was not properly finished.
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