Code: 2676
Description: A partially-polished thick-butted grey flint axehead with a gentle posterior taper and the butt square in cross-section. Some iron staining, some patches of cortex remaining particularly at the butt, a large chip to the edge of one side, some inoffensive edge chips and some small chips to the cutting edge, but a nice example of the type.
Size: 98 mm/3.8 ins. in length
Culture: Danish Neolithic
Date: c. 3rd Millennium 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.
