File:Bronze Age Palstave or Socketed axe (fragment) (FindID 190464).jpg

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Bronze Age Palstave or Socketed axe (fragment)
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None, Julian Watters, 2007-08-21 14:04:15
Title
Bronze Age Palstave or Socketed axe (fragment)
Description
English: A fragment of a copper-alloy Palstave or Socketed axe of middle to late Bronze Age date.

The piece consists of the lower part of the blade and the cutting edge. At the point where the break has occurred, the axe measures 30.9mm wide by 6.8mm thick. As the thickness decreases towards the cutting edge, the width increases, reaching a maximum of 42.8mm. There are no casting seams visible along the edges but the general form of the fragment strongly suggests that it is of middle to late Bronze Age date, rather than being part of an earlier Bronze Age Flat axe.

The length of the piece is 27.7mm and the weight is 31.22g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Bedford
Date between 1500 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 190464
Old ref: BH-ADF371
Filename: BA axe 07 66 - 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/147775
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/147775/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/190464
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