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[edit]| Bronze Age palstave | |||
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Eloise Markwick, 2013-02-22 10:45:11 |
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| Title |
Bronze Age palstave |
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| Description |
English: A cast copper-alloy palstave of middle Bronze Age date. The axe is in reasonable condition, although there is damage to the butt, some of which is missing, and other scuff marks on the blade and body of the axe. The palstave is fairly short and chunky with maximum dimensions of 96.86 mm long, 43.39 mm wide, 24.06 mm thick and 200.5 grams in weight. A U shaped flange is situated at the butt end of the axe, terminating in a stop ridge at the palstave's thickest point. On both sides, immediately after the stop ridge there are angled grooves which form a 'shield' or lozenge shaped central rib which continues in a subtle way down the blade of the axe after the grooves finish. The blade is slightly faceted and is crescent shaped in plan, triangular in profile. The axe has a dark grey patina with areas of green corrosion where it has been damaged, particularly on one edge, the blade and at the butt and septum, though it is pock marked with corrosion at many points.The mid-rib on the blade of the axe suggests it is an early mid-ribbed (Group 1) type of palstave and can be dated to between 1500 and 1150 BC. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Oxfordshire | ||
| Date | between 1500 BC and 1150 BC | ||
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FindID: 421182 Old ref: WMID-883627 Filename: WMID-883627.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/417050 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/417050/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/421182 |
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