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Bronze Age Unlooped Palstave
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Isle of Wight Council, Frank Basford, 2009-10-14 17:25:36
Title
Bronze Age Unlooped Palstave
Description
English: An incomplete cast copper unlooped palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (1500 BC-1150 BC).

The lower part of the blade, including the cutting edge, is missing due to breaks. The breaks may be recent. The side flanges are high and each face of the septum is slightly concave. The haft moulding close to the break measures 22.8 x 19.1mm. The lower part of each septum face has at least tow narrow vertical ribs and the septum terminates with a insignificant curving stop on both faces. Below each stop, at the top of the blade, there is a very shallow shield-shaped depression. The blade is trapezoidal in plan and the sides flare evenly outwards towards the breaks. In side view, the palstave is an elongated sub-triangular shape being more pointed at the bottom. On the side of the larger of the flanges there are traces of a casting seam. There may have been a casting seam on the other side originally. However, due to corrosion, none is visible. No indication of any hammering on the patinated surfaces.

Much of the original surface is now corroded away and small areas of patina have survived. This is dark grey. This palstave is severely corroded and is now mainly covered with uneven mottled light green scabbing.

121.5 x 45.4 x 20.4mm. Weight: c. 320g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 1500 BC and 1150 BC
Accession number
FindID: 271862
Old ref: IOW-5F9843
Filename: IOW2009-25-1.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/224441
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/224441/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/271862
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