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Bronze Age palstave (fragment)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2010-10-29 11:22:56
Title
Bronze Age palstave (fragment)
Description
English: A fragment of a copper-alloy palstave of Middle Bronze Age date.

The piece represents the top of the recessed socket. The upper side has a horizontal central portion which at each end extends smoothly into a downward curve. On the surviving portions of the vertical sides are remnants of the raised edges. The surfaces are darkly patinated and this patina extends across the jagged bottom edge, indicating that the break occurred in antiquity. On one surface is an area of encrustation, which is probably a corrosion product from the copper but could also be a second, adhering substance such as mineralised wood.

The object measures 19.9mm long, 27.2mm wide and up to 7.6mm thick. The weight is 12.4g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 1500 BC and 1150 BC
Accession number
FindID: 413056
Old ref: BH-A9DB45
Filename: BA_axe_10_157_2.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/302249
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/302249/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/413056
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