File:Bronze Age Palstave (FindID 193827).jpg

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Bronze Age Palstave
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Museum of Antiquities of the University and Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Robert Collins, 2007-09-18 11:31:33
Title
Bronze Age Palstave
Description
English: A case bronze palstave axehead of the Middle Bronze Age.

The palstave belongs to the Acton group of metalwork, and is a nearly complete specimen. The entire axehead is 135mm in length, with a maximum width across the flanges measuring 35.2mm.

The blade has a mid-ridge in very low relief, and the blade expands very slightly out from the centre of the head, with the blade tips expanding out from the rest of the blade very dramatically. The edge is cresent shaped. In length, the blade is 67.02mm, and 113.24mm thick at its base and 1.04mm thick at the edge.

The flanges expand from the top and bottom of the septum in a sub-triangular fashion, peaking nearer to the blade than the butt. In length, each flange measures 55.3mm and is 13.24mm wide from the septum to outer edge.

The septum is 8.5mm thick, 62.79mm long from the base of the blade to the butt, and 25.08mm in height/breadth. The butt is slightly rounded with visible casting marks.

The object has an even green patina.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 1500 BC and 1400 BC
Accession number
FindID: 193827
Old ref: NCL-F9D767
Filename: Collinson palstave axe.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/150492
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/150492/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/193827
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Object location54° 14′ 50.28″ N, 0° 31′ 48.64″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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