HESH-13FE57 2022t80 Palstave 2

3D Model

Palstave 2 can be described as a transitional – late palstave, circa.1150 – 950BC, dating from the late Penard/early Wilburton metalwork phase. It features a roughly square butt, which has a shallow depreciation in its centre. The flanges rise from the butt towards the stop in a straight direction, giving the first half of piece a triangular form. The stop ridge is slightly concave, with tall, angled shoulders creating a deep recess for the septum, and a slight lip. There is a distinct rib on each face of the blade, formed from two linear converging grooves which extend from the stop ridge across roughly a third of the surface. The edges of the blade initially gradually widen, before splaying outwards more considerably towards the tip of the blade. From this point, the edges of the blade curves back inward and form a crescent shaped blade tip.

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