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LOT 0329

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

BRONZE AGE PALSTAVE AXEHEAD
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1400-1150 B.C.
6 5/8 in. (443 grams, 17 cm).

Triangular flange on each side rising from the butt to the stop bar; below the septum, a hollow to each face; narrow body expanding to a wide triangular blade with curved edge and raised median rib.

PROVENANCE:
Found Spridlington, Lincolnshire, UK.

LITERATURE:
See Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, pp.76-84, and figs.56-68, for similar types.

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