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LOT 1530
Bronze Age British Looped Palstave Axehead
CIRCA 1200-800 B.C.
5 7/8 in. (342 grams, 15 cm).
A low-flanged palstave with rounded butt, triangular blade with convex cutting edge, deep lateral flanges, stop and median rib; loop to the side; seam, loop and butt with casting flash. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from TimeLine Auctions 19 March, 2010, no.572.
Property of a Shropshire private collector.
Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 77.
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