French Flint Blade

Tapered grey flint blade of trapezoidal section, a small area of cortex remaining.

France, Upper Paleolithic, 30,000–10,000 BP

Height: 3.8 cm. (1 1/2 in.)

Width: 11 cm. (4 5/16 in.)

#5214

Ex: British private collection, by bequest (a gift from the celebrated archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans (1851–1941)). Previously a private French collection (1788–1868) with original collection label.

Published: Antiquarium; Ancient Treasures XX. (London, 2022) p.7

Comparandum:Arizona State Museum, Tuscon acc. no. GP-52742.