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Description: | A complete copper-alloy 'unlooped shield pattern' palstave dating to the middle Bronze Age. The axe has a flared cutting edge and a rectangular butt, and has a rectangular hollow located on either side of the stop ridge.The axe measures 135mm long and the body is 21mm wide at its widest (the stop ridge). The blade is 18mm thick after the stop and tapers to the cutting edge, which is 35mm wide. The distance from the butt to the inside of the stop is 58mm. The sides of the butt are triangular in plan. There is little sign of use-wear on the but or the blade. The axe has gas a dull brown patina.
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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