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Description: | Cast copper alloy looped palstave axe dating to the late Bronze Age. It is a narrow bodied palstave with flared blade. The blade is 70mm wide and has a sharp cutting edge which is 1.99mm thick. The blade has corrosion chips along the cutting edge. It has a long central mid-rib and two short ribs to either side, a side loop, a pronounced stop-ridge on each side, deep flanges and a straight butt. The flanges expand from the top and bottom of the septum and are 5.53mm thick and 30mm wide. The blade is 18.30mm thick. The side loop is 17.70mm long and 6.03mm thick. The butt end is chipped on one side. The object shows signs of corrosion and some of the surfaces are pitted however is in overall good condition. It has a mottled brownish green patina.The axe can be dated to the Blackmoor/Eward Park phase of Bronze Age metalwork, c.1020-800BC.
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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