Code: 2674
Description: A bifacially flaked dark reddish-brown flint or chert axehead of almost ovoid form. Some smoothing of the flake scars due to exposure to desert winds and some reddish brown sandy encrustation, but a nice example with attractive colour.
Size: 130 mm/5.1 ins. in length
Culture: North African Neolithic
Date: c. 5th to mid-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.
