File:Bronze Age palstave fragment (FindID 717702).jpg

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Bronze Age palstave fragment
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Richard Henry, 2015-04-24 11:54:06
Title
Bronze Age palstave fragment
Description
English: A fragment of a copper alloy palstave with casting flaw, dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age c. 1500 - 1150 BC. The fragment is sub-rectangular in shape and only the butt survives. 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. There is a large casting flaw on one face, in the form of an air bubble. The bubble extends the entirety of the palstave's thickness, likely creating a point of weakness and contributing to the eventual break. 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 27.6 mm in length, 25.4 mm wide, 14.9 mm thick and weighs 25.4 g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 1500 BC and 1150 BC
Accession number
FindID: 717702
Old ref: WILT-A1ED33
Filename: WILTA1ED33.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/514233
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/514233/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/717702
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Object location51° 01′ 15.96″ N, 1° 56′ 30.08″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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