A Mesolithic flint tranchet axe, c. 10000-4000 B.C.

A Mesolithic flint tranchet axe, c. 10000-4000 B.C.

Code: 2677

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Description: A dark grey flint tranchet axe with dense variegated grey patination, an ancient oblique chip to the butt, a more recent chip towards the edge of one side, and some small edge chips, otherwise condition good. Find locality not known but probably a British find.

Size: 148 mm/5.8 ins. in length

Culture: Mesolithic

Date: c. 10000-4000 B.C.

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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