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Item Details

Description

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A fully bifacial, tapered side axehead of excellent workmanship with convex cutting edge, formed in a translucent black flint; all edges very finely knapped. Cf. Adkins & Jackson, Neolithic Stone and Flint Axes from the River Thames, BM Occasional Paper 1, 1978, number 242 (for the form). 126 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman; formerly in a private collection, acquired by descent 1970s; found Suffolk, 1950s.

Condition

Very fine condition, slightly chipped to one side edge in antiquity.

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Stone Age British Knapped Flint Axehead

Name: Stone Age British Knapped Flint Axehead
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