But about 11,000 years ago, a human hand then shaped and chipped this beautifully chattered, rounded pebble into one of the most moving objects in the British Museum.

然后大约在一万一千年前左右，一双人手巧妙地将这枚“终成正果”的美丽卵石雕刻成了如今大英博物馆馆藏展品中最动人的一件。