Stone Age Thick-Butted Knapped Axe Head

Nordic Neolithic Period, circa 4000-2000 B.P. Dressed on all faces, symmetrical in profile with elongated, trapezoidal plan and rectangular cross-section; slightly curved broad sides, slanting neck with slightly rounded cutting edge; narrow faces with traces of retouching, broad faces partly polished at forward end, rear retouched for attachment of the haft; grey flint (silex), marbled in various shades of grey. 663 grams, 18 cm (7 in.). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

Ex Dr Siegfried Zimmer, circa 1950.