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Description: | An incomplete, Mid Bronze Age, cast, copper alloy, probable side-looped palstave. The palstave has deepened flanges which descend from the top to below the waist, a wide ledge in place of the bar-stop. The bar-stop allowed the use of a lateral-headed haft which had a wedge-shaped aperture without fear of splitting. There is a corroded 'bump' on one side that could have been the site of the side loop, the tip of the butt is missing as well as all the blade. The palstave is in very corroded and pitted condition, pale green verdigris patches with a few remnants of dark green surface patina. This palstave is likely to date to 1400-1050BC. Ref. History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995, page 1-5 no. 8, Detector Finds 5, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2002, page 54-55 and Bronze Age Metal Work in the Norwich castle Museum, Norfolk Museum Service 1977, 2nd Edition 1997, page 43-44. The palstave is 77.12mm long, 26.66mm wide, 27.59mm thick and weighs 134.7g.
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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