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Bronze Age : Axe
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Sussex Archaeological Society, Liz Wilson, 2006-10-30 09:52:13
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Bronze Age : Axe
Description
English: An unlooped Early Bronze Age palstave axe, cast in copper alloy.

The object was found as a single find. Much of the original surface has been lost due to corrosion and wear. It is 172mm in length. The blade is 62.5mm from tip to tip. The butt is 21.8mm from corner to corner. At the widest point (around the stop) the axe measures 26.4 x 24.1mm. The palstave has a wide blade. The cutting edge and tips are all badly worn and corroded. The tips proper have almost certainly been removed due to wear. On both surfaces of the blade a raised rim can be seen running down the centre of the blade. Next to the stop on both faces there is a shield-pattern, which itself has been decorated with vertical raised moulded lines. Six on one side and four on the other. Slight flanges can be seen on either edge of the blade. The butt end of the axe is roughly rectangular in section with prominent flanges on either face. The butt end is otherwise undecorated. Casting lines can still be seen on both flange sides. The axe is corroded due to the bronze disease and wear. The metal is therefore a mid brownish-green colour.

A very similar axehead can be seen in Savory (1980), p168, Fig: 20.
Depicted place (County of findspot) West Sussex
Date between 2150 BC and 1500 BC
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FindID: 147511
Old ref: SUSS-F91813
Filename: 1-189ai.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
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Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/118594/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/147511
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