A North African grinding stone

A North African grinding stone

probably circa 2000 BC

collected in 1975 south of Kufra, Libya,

10.8cm long,

a Stone Age stone large hand axe, collected in 1984 near Zalim, Saudi Arabia, 14.2cm long, a red stone spear head, collected in 1983 at Harrat Rahat, Saudi Arabia, 5.2cm long and a basalt axe head, collected in 1980 from a wadi bed near Jeddah, 5.8cm long, and a collection of Sahara pottery fragments, collected in 1974 from South Libya near the Chad border, many with a black core and finely incised decorated exterior, and a fragment with a cane-like matrix. (17)

Provenance

Collected by John W. Smith, geologist, collected whilst conducting geological surveys in the stated areas.