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Item one: inscribed in ink "Aars Egnen I 18 E2".
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CIRCA 4000-3500 B.C.
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A NORDIC NEOLITHIC MOTTLED BROWN FLINT AXE
CIRCA 4000-3500 B.C.
Of trapezoid outline with thin butt, 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) long; a grey coarse-grained stone hammer with constricted 'waist', 7 in. (17.8 cm.) long; a polished mottled black stone axe; two other flat axes, smaller with pointed butts, 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long max., all circa 3rd millennium B.C. and later; a bronze palstave with twin side loops, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long; a socketed bronze axe with single side loop, three ribs on each face, 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) long, both Bronze Age, early 1st millennium B.C.; a Near Eastern bronze blade with bone inlaid handle, 9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) long; a bronze incense burner with shallow bowl and long handle, 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) long, both 1st millennium B.C.; and a bronze vessel (10)
CIRCA 4000-3500 B.C.
Of trapezoid outline with thin butt, 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) long; a grey coarse-grained stone hammer with constricted 'waist', 7 in. (17.8 cm.) long; a polished mottled black stone axe; two other flat axes, smaller with pointed butts, 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long max., all circa 3rd millennium B.C. and later; a bronze palstave with twin side loops, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long; a socketed bronze axe with single side loop, three ribs on each face, 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) long, both Bronze Age, early 1st millennium B.C.; a Near Eastern bronze blade with bone inlaid handle, 9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) long; a bronze incense burner with shallow bowl and long handle, 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) long, both 1st millennium B.C.; and a bronze vessel (10)
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