File:Bronze Age palstave (FindID 741638).jpg

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Bronze Age palstave
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Richard Henry, 2015-10-13 16:04:26
Title
Bronze Age palstave
Description
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A fragment of a copper alloy palstave dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age c. 1500 - 1150 BC. The fragment is sub-rectangular in shape the butt and a fragment of the flanged sides survive. The axe has an angular butt and the sides gradually widen towards the break. Both sides of the palstave have high developed flanges, which increase gradually from the butt to from sub-triangular sides.

The faces of the axe fragment are slightly concave, creating a H-shaped cross-section. The faces of the axe show signs of wear, such as scratches and the break is even and patinated, suggesting that the object was broken in antiquity. Due to the fragmentary nature of the object, it is difficult to confidently assign a Type.

The fragment measures 28.55mm in length, 26.8mm wide, 18.1mm thick and weighs 32.37 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 1500 BC and 1100 BC
Accession number
FindID: 741638
Old ref: WILT-026A8D
Filename: WILT026A8D.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/536504
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/536504/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/741638
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 16 November 2020)
Object location51° 05′ 33.72″ N, 2° 00′ 56.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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