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Bronze Age palstave axehead
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National Museums Liverpool , Vanessa Oakden, 2014-03-11 14:37:49
Title
Bronze Age palstave axehead
Description
English: An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) palstave axehead of Middle Bronze Age dating (c.1500 to c. 1150 BC). The object is broken before the stop ridge/flanges. On both sides of the palstave, is an incomplete 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 shield shaped pattern is 67.93mm from the cutting edge.

The blade of the palstave flares out with convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge measures 1.47mm thick and is chipped in places. The damage occurred both during antiquity and in recent times. The rear of the axe, where it terminates with a break, is rectangular in cross-section and measures 26.78mm in width and is 19.80mm thick.

The palstave is a mid brown to mid green colour. There is an area of recent damage 30mm from the cutting edge on one face, possibly due to the plough. The patina has chipped away from the cutting edge revealing a dusty light green core in places.

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.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cheshire West and Chester
Date between 1450 BC and 1250 BC
Accession number
FindID: 605855
Old ref: LVPL-F1F541
Filename: LVPL-F1F541.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/460052
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/460052/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/605855
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current12:06, 25 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 12:06, 25 January 20173,600 × 2,496 (2.18 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, LVPL, FindID: 605855, bronze age, page 1962, batch count 71

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