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[edit]| Bronze Age palstave axe | |||
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National Museums Liverpool , Vanessa Oakden, 2013-03-08 13:55:06 |
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Bronze Age palstave axe |
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| Description |
English: A 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 56.60mm in width and is 7.76mm thick. It is very thick and corroded. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being before the stop ridge. The object measures 26.40mm in width and 34.79mm thick at the stop ridge. Beneath the stop-ridge, on each face of the palstave, is a concave depression, which is bordered by raised ridges. This is broadly sub-rectangular (U-shaped) and is probably an area of decoration, usually described as shield shaped. The shield shape on one face measures 31.20mm in length. Casting seems are visible down each side of the object. The object has a U-shaped septum and straight-sided open flanges for hafting. The flanges are incomplete. At the stop ridge on one face the flange measures 11.45mm in depth. File marks are visible on the flanges. The butt of the object is incomplete and measures 22.92mm in width and 7.02mm thick. The object has a dark green 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) Cheshire West and Chester | ||
| Date | between 1450 BC and 1250 BC | ||
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FindID: 549205 Old ref: LVPL-9ED307 Filename: LVPL-9ED307.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/419084 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/419084/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/549205 |
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