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LOT 0284

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BRITISH BRONZE AGE PALSTAVE AXEHEAD
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1500-1150 B.C.
4 in. (196 grams, 10.2 cm).

With sub-triangular in plan blade and convex expanding sides, convex cutting edge; blade widest before the stop ridge; both faces presenting an impressed triangle below the stop ridge at the upper end of the blade; U-shaped septum and straight-sided open flanges for hafting; butt absent.

PROVENANCE:
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, UK, on Saturday 13th September 2014.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUR-1CB11A.

FOOTNOTES:
The Portable Antiquities Scheme states that this axehead is: 'probably part of the Acton Park or Taunton metalwork assemblages.'

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