File:Bronze Age palstave axehead (FindID 414932).jpg

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Bronze Age palstave axehead
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Robert Collins, 2010-11-12 14:58:17
Title
Bronze Age palstave axehead
Description
English: A case bronze palstave axehead of the Middle Bronze Age, c 1550-1400 BC.

The palstave belongs to the Acton group of metalwork, and is a nearly complete specimen. The entire axehead is 154.21mm in length, with a maximum width across the flanges measuring 42.81mm. The blade expands out from the centre of the head. The edge is cresent shaped, with a breadth of 47.45mm from tip to tip. The axe is thickest at the base of the blade, 13.99 and 1.38mm thick at the worn and incmomplete edge of the butt. 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 depth, each flange measures 18.38 from the septum to outer edge. There is a thickening separating the septum from the blade, but no truly formed stop. The butt is slightly rounded. The object has an even grey-green-brown patina.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northumberland
Date between 1550 BC and 1400 BC
Accession number
FindID: 414932
Old ref: NCL-A94030
Filename: IMG_4844.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/304409
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/304409/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/414932
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 1 December 2020)
Object location55° 14′ 54.96″ N, 1° 41′ 50.14″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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