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Description: | A middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave axehead (1500-1150BC). The axehead has a straight butt (width: 21.77mm) and slightly irregular flanges. At the end of the flanges is the stop and it is at this point that the blade starts. There is a single side-loop aligned adjacent to the stop. Both faces of the blade have two incised triangular gauges that start at the stop and taper towards the cutting edge (length of gauge: 20.80mm). The blade expands to form the cutting edge with a pronounced crescentic cutting edge terminating in the blade tips. Hammer marks are clearly visible on both blade surfaces. The copper alloy is a glassy dark brown with a pitted surface. Pale green corrosion is forming in the pits.Dimensions: length: 143.80mm; width: 56.11mm; thickness: 28.01mm; weight: 300+g.
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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