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Stone Abbevillian hand-axe
Stone Abbevillian hand-axe
Object Number 47-25-40/5957
Display Title Stone Abbevillian hand-axe
Descriptions
Object Description Stone Abbevillian hand-axe
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone biface, hand axe, roughly ovate, concave edges, patinated
Classification
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / England / <State> / Buckinghamshire / Furze Platt
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 12.2 x 7.8 x 3.3 cm (4 13/16 x 3 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-25-40/5957; Furze Platt/16-9-'33

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