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Description: | Cast copper alloy unlooped palstave axe probably dating to the Middle Bronze Age palstave 1300 to 1150BC. The axe is of unusual form and shares similarities with the Taunton metalwork assemblage and Hotham related to the palstaves of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage to which it bears some resemblance similar to Needham et al fig 140 (1985) and Read (1995: p.3 fig 9 )dated 1200BC. The axe is almost complete and is comparatively short with a length of only 125mm. The butt is slightly concave and has a width of 25mm. The flanges are flat, straight and parallel as far as the stop, with a width at the stop of 27mm. The blade is flaring 60mm wide with a bevelled facet probably as a result of hammering. The septum is straight, flat 58mm long with a slight slope to the butt where it has been damaged by an impact that probably also may also have broken the edge of the butt. The axe has a brown patina with green colouration in patches and there is nick out of the blade facet on one side. The axe is 21mm wide and there are the traces of casting flashes on the flange facets. It is unclear whether the short blade is the result of deliberate manufacture, possibly for a specialised function or less likely, is the result of prolonged use and wear. The axe share similarities with, NMGW-D73AD4 and NMGW-FAACD2British Bronze Age metalwork. A1-6., Early Bronze Age hoards / by Stuart P. Needham, Andrew J. Lawson and H. Stephen Green. London : Published and distributed for the Trustees of the BritishMuseum by British Museum Publications, 1985. ISBN - 0714113808 (unbound)Read, B. 1995. History Beneath Our Feet. Anglia Publishing, Ipswich.
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