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Description: | Complete copper alloy , ?shelf? type palstave axe with a trident midrib. This axe has a septum that is rectangular in plan, 66mm long and 22.34mm wide to the top and bottom of the axe. This is flanked either side by vertical , parallel flanges, triangular in profile, with tops that are straight and regular. The sternum has a straight stop that is 22.78mm wide. The blade, which is 67.34mm long has straight sides, triangular in profile, that diverge slightly to an unexpanded edge. The blade tips and cutting edge are intact. The width across these is 58mm. The axe is decorated with a trident midrib, i.e. it has three lines, on average 24mm long, extending from the stop that converge into a single line that runs for 34.9mm along the blade. There is an intact semicircular loop positioned by the stop and the beginning of the blade. A noticeable casting seam runs down the entire length of either side of the axe. The surface of the axe survives but has suffered recent damage and is slightly pitted in places, possibly from when it was removed. The patina is mostly mid green to one face of the axe, whilst the other side is heavily stained brown with significant patches of orange and one patch of purple. This may be due to the fact that the axe was recovered from beneath seawater. This is also attested to by the fact that there is a small patch of barnacle encrustation on the septum end. The axe weighs 460g. This is a good example of this type of axe and it survives in good condition. Axes of this type date to the transition between the Middle and Late Bronze Age. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -1275
-1140 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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