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Bronze Age Palstave
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Somerset County Council, Naomi Payne, 2007-01-22 16:12:32
Title
Bronze Age Palstave
Description
English: A cast copper alloy palstave of Middle Bronze Age date. The unlooped palstave measures 120mm in length by 62.8mm (width across cutting edge) by 30.6mm and weighs 307g. The widely splayed cutting edge is crescentic with well-defined slightly squared blade tips. The butt is slightly expanded and the end is damaged with a small part missing. The stop ridge is squared and the side flanges are rounded and taper to a point at the butt end. This palstave is an example of the Acton Park 'shield-pattern' type.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Dorset
Date between 1500 BC and 1150 BC
Accession number
FindID: 157240
Old ref: SOMDOR-4D78E5
Filename: 4D78E5.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
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/127629
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/127629/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/157240
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