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'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Polished Axehead
'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Polished Axehead
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Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C. Highly polished with slightly convex cutting edge, body tapering to a narrow square butt. Cf. MacGregor, A. ed., Antiquities From Europe and the Near East in the Collection of The Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, no.5.7, for similar form. 416 grams, 12.5 cm (4 7/8 in.).

Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939.

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'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Polished Axehead

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