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Description: | Incomplete Bronze Age copper alloy cast palstave axe head with a square profile at the hafting end measuring 19.6mm in length and width. The axe widens to its cutting edge, creating a triangular long cross section. The cutting edge, the widest point, is 32.5mm wide and 2.6mm thick, there is a small piece broken off one corner. There is a raised rib along the centre of both the front and back of the blade. The axe is very corroded with a very dark green colouring which means it is very hard to distinguish surface detail and breaks. The haft end is very flat and could have been either broken or sheared off or mis-cast originally, it is difficult to say which due to the level of corrosion. The axe is 81.3mm long and weighs 162g.
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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