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Description: | Incomplete cast bronze un-looped palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (1500 BC - 1200 BC). One of a hoard of three implements(Treasure case no. BM2005 T274). Length 154mm, maximum width 53mm, maximum thickness 29mm. Weight 434g. (the weight includes some soil).The butt end is missing and three of the flanges are also broken and missing. The stops on either side are corroded and indistinct and the blade is flared. Some of the corroded surfaces on each face of the blade are lost. The implement is suffering from active bronze disease and the break is old.
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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