File:Bronze Age Palstave butt, possibly (profile, plan, section, and plan). (FindID 659154).jpg

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Bronze Age Palstave butt, possibly (profile, plan, section, and plan).
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Angie Bolton, 2015-12-18 08:45:39
Title
Bronze Age Palstave butt, possibly (profile, plan, section, and plan).
Description
English: Possible butt of a Bronze Age (c. -1500 to c. -950) palstave: The copper alloy fragment is a sub rectangle with one lone edge being broken, and this edge has a dark green matte patina, the other edges are heavily abraded and have a mottled turquoise and green matte surface. In profile the fragment is triangular with the dark green matte broken edge forming the thick part of the fragment. The upper and lower surface of the fragment has a shiny dark green patina which has feint marks of probable hammering. The fragment measures 25.01mm wide, 16.69mm wide, 6.72mm thick and weighs 8.15g.

The hammering and surface condition suggests a possible Bronze Age date. The wedge shaped profile to the fragment suggests it may be the butt of a palstave or an axe. The fragment is probably dated to the middle Bronze Age (c. -1500 to c. -950).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date between 1500 BC and 950 BC
Accession number
FindID: 659154
Old ref: WAW-E8E391
Filename: WAWE8E391.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/545541
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/545541/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/659154
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Object location52° 03′ 23.04″ N, 1° 32′ 11.72″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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