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Bronze Age Palstave Axe
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North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, 2010-03-10 10:50:15
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Bronze Age Palstave Axe
Description
English: Copper alloy Fragment of a palstave axe (identification kindly suggested by finder), comprising the tip or lower part of a solid cast crescentic blade, narrowing to a rectangular-sectioned body. The rest of the axe - estimated as about three quarters of its original length - is now lost. Heavily abraded and pitted on all surfaces. Suggested date: Middle Bronze Age, -1500 to -1150. Length: 42.70mm, Width: 39.44mm, Thickness: 10.25mm, Weight: 54.40gms
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Lincolnshire
Date between 1500 BC and 1100 BC
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FindID: 290650
Old ref: NLM-5576F0
Filename: NLM13963.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/241490
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/241490/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/290650
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