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PALSTAVE
Unique ID: KENT-3C3D07
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Butt end of a cast copper alloy palstave axehead. Worn transverse break across the body. Tip of the butt is also worn. Grey-green patina, but mainly covered by green corrosion. Middle Bronze Age in date.
Notes:
No. 2 of South Kent MBA hoard.
Class: Palstave
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Dover Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 1150 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 76.01 mm
Width: 26.64 mm
Thickness: 19.22 mm
Weight: 107.18 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
To be known as: South Kent
References cited
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