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Lot 207

Two Egyptian flint blades
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7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Two Egyptian flint blades
Predynastic Period, circa 3200 B.C.
A knife blade with curved serrated cutting edge, 13cm long; and a leaf-shaped blade of toffee coloured flint, 10.8cm long (2)

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Provenance:
Robert Burnard (1848-1920) Collection, UK. Inherited by his granddaughter, Lady Sylvia Sayer, thence by descent. Burnard studied Egyptology under Margaret Alice Murray (1863-1963) and the lot is accompanied by Burnard's lecture notes taken from Murray's public classes 1916-1918.

The majority of Burnard's Egyptian collection is held in Plymouth City Museum.

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