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Stone Age Polished Greenstone Axehead
Stone Age Polished Greenstone Axehead
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Neolithic Period, 4,000-3,500 B.C. Of teardrop shape in polished greenstone with broad curving cutting edge, lentoid-section body and narrow rounded butt. 131 grams, 95 mm (3 3/4 in.).

Found Grimsby, UK, in 2014. From an East Anglian private collection. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) record report slip entry no.5266.

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Stone Age Polished Greenstone Axehead

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