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Bronze Age Palstave`
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Richard Henry, 2016-09-15 13:35:01
Title
Bronze Age Palstave`
Description
English: A complete cast copper alloy palstave of Middle Bronze Age dating to the period c.1500-1300 BC. The palstave has raised flange facets. The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan, with convex expanding sides and convex cutting edge. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being after the stop ridge. There are three strengthening ridges running from the stop to the blade facet.

The blade, from the cutting edge to the stop ridge, is 73 mm in length and 20 mm thick, measured close to the stop ridge. The cutting edge is 63 mm in width, with the blade facet varying from 12 mm to 16 in width.

Beneath the stop-ridge, on both sides of the palstave, is a concave depression, which is bordered by raised ridges.

The rear part of the axe, from the stop ridge to the butt, is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in profile, with the widest part behind the stop ridge. The rear part is 74 mm in length, 28 mm in width and 23 mm thick. The palstave weighs 414 g.

The palstave is in very good and undamaged overall condition. There is provision for the usual loop on one side of the blade, but it has not been drilled out. Together with the fact that the casting ridges have not been smoothed it appears the palstave was lost or buried soon after manufacture.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 1500 BC and 1300 BC
Accession number
FindID: 802968
Old ref: WILT-0323E2
Filename: WILT0323E23.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/582918
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/582918/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/802968
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