File:Bronze Age palstave (fragment) (FindID 754651).jpg

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Bronze Age palstave (fragment)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2015-11-27 17:11:56
Title
Bronze Age palstave (fragment)
Description
English: A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age palstave.

The piece represents the butt of the implement, to which the head of the shaft would have been attached. The rounded top side extends smoothly into the vertical sides, which are straight and parallel-sided. On both of the palstave's two wider surfaces, each edge is marked by a right-angled flange, the height of which increases towards the bottom. These flanges border the flat central area. The patination of the piece extends across the break, indicating that the damage occurred in antiquity.

Length: 29.1mm; width: 17.9mm; thickness: 9mm. Weight: 17.34g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 1500 BC and 1150 BC
Accession number
FindID: 754651
Old ref: BH-88E869
Filename: BA_palstave_15_127_8.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/542993
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/542993/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/754651
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