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palstave
Object Type
palstave
Museum number
1981,0305.2
Description
Copper alloy palstave with roughly parallel sides. Two knobs are present on one side indicating the presence of a single loop. There is a median ridge along the blade and the butt end has a diagonal cut.
Cultures/periods
Middle Bronze Age
(circa)
Production date
1300BC-1100BC
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Moor Sand
, Sea-bed scatter MS 78 3
Materials
copper alloy
Dimensions
Length:
126.50 millimetres
Weight:
219.50 grammes
Thickness:
22 millimetres
Width:
30 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Muckleroy 1980 / Two Bronze Age Cargoes in British Waters
(pp.100-109; Fig.2)
Muckleroy & Baker 1979 / The Bronze Age Site off Moor Sand, near Salcombe, Devon
(pp.189-210; Fig.8 & 11)
Muckleroy & Baker 1980 / The Bronze Age Site off Moor Sand, near Salcombe, Devon (1979 season)
(pp.155-158)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Receiver of Wreck
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1981,0305.2
Conservation
Treatment
: 27 Sep 1978