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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Antiquities| ▸ |Antiquities by Type| ▸ |Weapons & Tools| ▸ |Stone Weapons & Tools||View Options:   | | | |
Found in the Rift Valley, Ethiopia in the 1970's. From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.AA35451. Homo Erectus, stone hand axe; cf. Johnson-Shreeve pp. 148-150, cf. Malloy Weapons 2; 5" x 3 1/2", Choice, beige-grey rough lava, finely worked to biface shape; heavy gray patina, SOLD
Homo Erectus, Rift Valley, Ethiopia, Stone Hand Axe, 1 Million - 400,000 B.C.
Found in the Rift Valley, Ethiopia in the 1970's. From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years.AA35454. Homo Erectus, stone hand axe; cf. Johnson-Shreeve pp. 148-150, cf. Malloy Weapons 2; 2 1/2" x 1 3/4", Choice, beige-grey rough lava, finely worked to biface shape; heavy gray patina; SOLD
Egyptian, Marble Pyriform Mace-Head, Naqada II or III, c. 3600 - 3100 B.C.
In ancient Egypt, stone mace heads were first used nearly 6,000 years ago in the predynastic period. The earliest known are disk maces with odd but beautifully formed stones mounted perpendicularly to their handle. Maces as a weapon were used extensively in Egypt and neighboring Canaan. This rounded pear form of mace head, known as a "piriform," replaced the disk mace in the Naqada II period of pre-dynastic Upper Egypt (3600-3250 BC) and was used throughout the Naqada III period (3250-3100 BC).AB34357. Stone piriform mace-head, variegated breccia marble, Choice, 6 cm (2 3/8"), from an American private collection; SOLD
Egyptian, Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead, Neolithic - Pre-Dynastic, 7,000 - 3,500 B.C.
AA35475. Egyptian, leaf-shaped arrowhead, brown-grey chalcedony, very fine knapping with worked edges; 53 mm X 16 mm; a true gem, Superb, from the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years; SOLD
Holy Land, Neolithic, Flint Knife/Scraper, c. 9,750 - 5,800 B.C.
The Neolithic period, 9,750 - 5,800 BCE, appears to have begun when the peoples of the Natufian culture, which spread across present-day Syria, Israel and Lebanon, began to practice agriculture. This Neolithic Revolution has been linked to the cold period known as the Younger Dryas. This agriculture in the Levant is the earliest known anywhere.
Although we believe this knife is Neolithic, flint knives remained in use into the Bronze Age. For a similar bronze age example see Israel Antiquities Authority 2012-5559 Online Here.AA113625. Holy Land, flint knife; cf. Bocquentin fig. 41, 2; Stekelis fig. 5, 16; IAA Online 2012-5559 (similar but Early Bronze), Choice, Neolithic, c. 9,750 - 5,800 B.C.; very good quality brown flint, flaked only on one side, rectangular, double-edged, truncated ends, 72mm (2 7/8") long, 13.2 mm wide, 3.9mm thick; found in Israel; SOLD
Holy Land, Neolithic, Flint Sickle Blade, c. 9,750 - 5,800 B.C.
These sickle blades seem impractically short but multiple blades would have bee inserted into a single haft. A 30 cm haft, for example, would need 7 sickle segments.
For a very similar Yarmukian Culture specimen, see Israel Antiquities Authority 2005-1157 Online Here.AA113626. Holy Land, flint sickle blade; cf. Stekelis fig. 7, 1 ff.; Shaar Hagolan fig. 10.17:10; IAA Online 2005-1157, Choice, Neolithic, c. 9,750 - 5,800 B.C.; very good quality brown flint, rectangular, bi-facially flaked, double-edged, denticulated edges, truncated ends, 42mm (1 5/8") long, 11.7 mm wide, 4.2mm thick; found in Israel; SOLD
Egyptian, Flint Knife Head, Pre-dynastic Period, c. 5000 - 4000 B.C.
From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years. AM33391. Flint knife head; cf. Petrie Lahun, II, pl. XXXVII, 1 ff. (none with serrated edges), Choice, fine variegated black-brown flint knife head with two serrated edges; interesting example particularly because of its beautiful color; SOLD
Danish, Chalcedony Knife, Early Neolithic, 6,000 - 4,000 B.C.
AA37527. Neolithic stone scraper; 7.0 cm (2 3/4 inches) long; black and grey chalcedony, from the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years; SOLD
Holy Land, Neolithic, Flint Point (Arrowhead), c. 9,750 - 5,800 B.C.
Arrowheads of this type are more properly described as points. Evidence that suggests that these artefacts were multipurpose tools used for an array of purposes such as knives and drills, in addition to use as arrowheads. Pressure flaking was used to shape either part of, or the whole. Bocquentin describes 26 similar points, 16 of which were broken and only 10 complete, 14 are dark grey flint, six beige, five light brown, and one distinct point is pinkish flint.AA113629. Holy Land, flint arrowhead; cf. Bocquentin fig. 36I, 1 (Amuq point); 34mm long, Neolithic, c. 9,750 - 5,800 B.C.; light brown flint, triangular cross-section, flaked mostly only on one side, serrated, no tang or barbs; found in Israel; SOLD
Holy Land, Jericho, Chalcedony Arrowhead, c. 2,000 B.C.
AA35465. Jericho, arrowhead; buff chalcedony with bard and tang; 22 mm; a small gem, Choice, from the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years; SOLD
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