Code: 2680
Description: A heavy dark grey flint pointed handaxe with mottled light to dark grey patination. Some cortex remaining on one side, some minor more recent edge chips and some possible damage and reworking of the cutting edge below the point on one side, otherwise condition good and an example of unusually thick form, found in Norfolk.
Size: 138 mm/5.4 ins. in length
Culture: Lower Palaeolithic
Date: c. 300,000-500,000 years B.P.
Provenance: From a UK private collection, acquired prior to 1986. Previously with Bonhams, New Bond Street, London, Antiquities, 1 December 2020, part Lot 117.
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