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ST58 A pointed Middle Palaeolithic handaxe from North Africa : £ 65

Orange-brown pointed Middle Palaeolithic handaxe, fashioned from indurated sandstone, measuring 116 mm/4.6 ins. in length. Rather crudely formed, but an inexpensive example. From North Africa.

ST59 A Small pointed Palaeolithic handaxe and a unifacially flaked lance point : £ 45 the lance point (handaxe sold)

(i) Small subtriangular pointed Palaeolithic handaxe, made from dark reddish brown indurated sandstone, measuring 79 mm/3.1 ins. in length. Some wind polishing as is normal with desert finds. (ii) Unifacially flaked lance point, made from dark reddish-brown chert, measuring 75 mm/3 ins. in length, probably Upper Palaeolithic. Both from North Africa.

ST60 A tan chert tanged blade with serrated edges, Egypt, c. 8500 B.C. : SOLD

A tan chert tanged blade with serrated edges measuring 62 mm/2.4 ins. in length, possibly a small spearhead.  A nice undamaged example, from Egypt, c. 8500 B.C. 
Ex K. Amery Collection, London, and acquired by him from the Christchurch dealer Bernard C. Pickard in 1989.

ST61 Two Neolithic flint axeheads from North Africa : £ 95 the pair

(i) Bifacially flaked Neolithic axehead, made from mottled dark brown flint, measuring 112 mm/4.4 ins. in length. Waisted profile mid-length and butt unworked. (ii) Bifacially flaked sub-rectangular Neolithic axehead, made from mottled light brown flint, measuring 105 mm/4.2 ins. in length. Both from North Africa and c. 4000 B.C.

ST62 Thin tabular Neolithic stone axehead from Morocco, c. 6000-4000 B.C. : £ 55

Thin tabular sub-rectangular Neolithic stone axehead, measuring 108 mm/4.3 ins. in length, the cutting edge ground with a few minor chips and the upper and lower surfaces unworked, some reworking close to the butt. Found in Morocco and dating to 6000 - 4000 B.C.

ST63 Two Neolithic scrapers from North Africa, c. 4000 B.C. : SOLD

(i) Neolithic side-scraper made from a thick blade of mottled brown chert, measuring 85 mm/3.5 ins. in length. A fine example of the type. (ii) Neolithic scraper, made from a thick flake of mottled light brown chert, measuring 64 mm/2.5 ins. in length. Both from North Africa and c. 4000 B.C.



ST58: £65

ST59: £45 - Lance point (right)


ST60: SOLD

ST61: £95 the pair


ST62: £55

ST63: SOLD




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