File:Bronze Age palstave butt (section, plan and profile). (FindID 560601).jpg

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Bronze Age palstave butt (section, plan and profile).
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Angie Bolton, 2013-05-17 09:07:17
Title
Bronze Age palstave butt (section, plan and profile).
Description
English: A fragment of a cast copper alloy Bronze Age palstave. The portion which remains is the butt. The butt is a sub-trapezoid in plan, with one broken edge, the longer edge, which is not a recent break. The section is a sub-rectangle with concave lateral sides. The fragment is in fair condition with patches a heavily developed brown/green patina which has some pitting. It measures 15.92mm long, 22.33mm wide and 8.08mm thick. It weighs 9.4g.

The fragment is probably dated to the late Bronze Age (-1150 to -800).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date between 1150 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 560601
Old ref: WAW-5E4475
Filename: WAW-5E4475.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/426869
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/426869/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/560601
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Object location52° 20′ 24″ N, 1° 49′ 26.18″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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