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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0329