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Description: | An incomplete and broken cast copper alloy looped palstave axe. The axe has broken some time in the past and is in two pieces. There is some damage to the blade and the flanges and septum are incomplete. Only the stub of the side loop remains. The axe has broken acroos the septum just in front of the stop ridges. Viewed at the break it can be seen that the casting was very bubbly, probably causing the weakness that caused the break to occur at this point. The axe has a well defined, rounded stop-ridge on both sides rising at right angles to the septum. The side flanges are too damaged to allow definition of their shape or height. On both faces there is a low mid rib running along the blade, stopping part way along, some distance back from the cutting edge. The blade is flared and the cutting edge was probably crescentic (although the damage to it makes it impossible to be certain of this).The decorative detail is blurred and the casting has left an uneven surface. There is a casting ridge along both side faces of the axe. The surface of the axe is partly covered with a dark grey patina but there are large areas that are pitted and covered in light green corrosion.Date: Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1150 BCDimensions: 139.69 mm x 48.91 mm x 25.23 mmWeight:Date: Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1150 BCFound with another palstave axe (DOR- FD23F7). Part of Treasure Case 2009 T567.
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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