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Description: | Incomplete bronze looped palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (1500 BC - 1200 BC). Length 109mm, width, including the loop 41mm and 30mm thick. Weight 293.41g.A break has occurred about half way along the flanged butt end of the implement, possibly due to the apparent brittle nature of the material. This break is old. The butt has small slender flanges, raised to a maximum of 7mm above the septum which is about 10mm thick and the transverse stop-ridge is horizontal and at right angles to the flanges. Just below the stop-ridge, each side of the blade curves inwards for a short length but then curves gently outwards towards the cutting edge. The cutting edge is curved in profile and has a maximum width of 37mm. Slight damage on the cutting edge is most likely to have been caused when the implement was in use. Viewing the face of the palstave with the loop, the sides of the blade curve inwards abruptly just beneath the stop-ridge for a short distance before curving more gently towards the cutting edge. One end of the loop is attached to the butt and the other end of the loop is attached to the blade. The loop is about 6mm in width. There is casting "flash" immediately above the loop and also a smaller amount beneath the loop. Small voids created by "gas" bubbles at the time of casting are densely distributed on the surfaces of the butt and also on the blade, just beneath the stop-ridge. The surfaces of the lower part of the blade have small deposits of copper carbonate.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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