Record ID: HAMP181 - BRONZE AGE palstave

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PALSTAVE

Unique ID: HAMP181

Object type certainty: Certain

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Looped palstave. Narrow blade with three short ribs below projecting stop, slightly convex flanges which end short of the butt. Blade edge is blunt. Green patina, with areas of corrosion on exposed edges, some sign of plough damage.

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Deatails passed to British Museum

Class: Wilburton period
Sub class: Looped

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1140
Date to: AD 1020

Dimensions and weight

Length: 132 mm
Width: 31 mm
Weight: 296 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Winchester
To be known as: HAMPSHIRE CHILCOMB

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Sally Worrell - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Alan West - [view all attributed records]

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