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[edit]| Bronze Age palstave axe | |||
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National Museums Liverpool , Vanessa Oakden, 2013-03-08 11:20:30 |
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Bronze Age palstave axe |
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| Description |
English: An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) palstave of Middle Bronze Age dating (c.1500 to c. 1150 BC). The palstave has a shield shaped pattern below the stop ridge, and raised flange facets.
The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan, with convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge measures 64mm in width and 2.32mm thick. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being before the stop ridge. The object measures 22mm in width and 29mm in thickness at the stop ridge. Beneath the stop-ridge, on both sides of the palstave, is a concave depression, which is bordered by raised ridges. This is broadly sub-rectangular (U-shaped) and is an area of decoration, usually described as shield shaped. The width of the axe at the shield is 27mm and the thickness measures 29.37mm. The rear part of the axe (from the stop ridge to the butt) is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in section (profile). The butt of the axe has been damaged and is incomplete. The butt end measures 18.91mm in width. On one face of the object below the stop ridge between the flanges is a large circular depression, possibly due to an air bubble during the casting process. The depression measures 6.62mm in diameter. The septum measures 59.17mm in length. The object has a mid greenish brown patina and is corroded in places. Similar examples to this palstave can be seen in: Savory, 1980; Catalogue of the Bronze Age collections in the National Museum of Wales; Fig 19-21 specifically example 144 from Llanguirig, Montgomeryshire (Powys). This form and style of palstave fits into the Acton Park metal working tradition which is dated to the first phase of the Middle Bronze Age (MBA I) 1450-1250 BC. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Staffordshire | ||
| Date | between 1500 BC and 1150 BC | ||
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FindID: 549041 Old ref: LVPL-8B2B81 Filename: palstave_view2.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/419031 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/419031/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/549041 |
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