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Copper alloy unlooped palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1500-1300BC).
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National Museum Wales , Susie White, 2019-06-15 21:48:20
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Copper alloy unlooped palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1500-1300BC).
Description
English: A complete copper alloy unlooped palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1500-1300BC) with shield shaped hollow below the stop ridge. Early or primary palstave of Group I - shield patterned type.

The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan, with convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge. The blade (measured from the cutting edge to the stop ridge) is 100mm in length. The width of the cutting edge is 72mm. On either side of the blade is a shield shaped hollow with a clearly defined, slightly raised, border. There is a very obvious blade facet on one side only.

The palstave has a dark green-brown patina which is flaking away along the cutting edge and on one side of the blade due to possible plough damage.

For a similar publish example see Savory (1980) Catalogue of the Bronze Age collections in the National Museum of Wales; Fig 19-21 specifically No. 144 from Llangurig, Powys. See also LVPL-1FDB7C on the database.

Length: 157mm; width of blade: 72.4mm; max. thickness at the stop: 36.9mm; septum width: 16.2mm; septum length:58.6mm; septum thickness: 8.2mm; height of flanges: 15.1mm; weight: 490g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Powys
Date between 1500 BC and 1300 BC
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FindIdentifier: 957853
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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
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1061613
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1061613/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/957853
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current05:40, 24 December 2020Thumbnail for version as of 05:40, 24 December 20207,607 × 7,707 (16.25 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, WREX, FindID: 957853-1061613, bronze age, page 1980, batch count 2893

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