File:Bronze age, bronze un-looped palstave (FindID 137248).jpg
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[edit]Bronze age: bronze un-looped palstave | |||
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Peter Reavill, 2006-11-08 15:06:30 |
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Title |
Bronze age: bronze un-looped palstave |
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Description |
English: A heavily abraded cast bronze un-looped palstave with central rib below the stop ridge and raised flange facets. The palstave dates from the Middle Bronze Age (1500-1150 BC). It measures 145.5mm long and weighs 477 grams. The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan with convex expanding sides and a convex blade edge. The cutting edge has been lost. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being before the stop ridge. The blade (measured from the blade edge to the stop ridge) is 75.9mm long and the width of blade edge is 53.2mm. The thickness of the blade tip is 7.9mm. The maximum thickness of the blade is 21.5mm (measured at a point below the stop ridge; the width at this point is 33.6mm). Beneath the stop-ridge, on both sides of the palstave, is a tapering central faceted rib. This rib extends approximately half way down the length of the blade, terminating in a point. The rib itself, although present on both sides, is crisper and less eroded on one of the two faces. Directly below the stop ridge are two concave depressions (one either side of the central rib) which is bordered by slightly raised ridges. Again this pattern is more visible on one face than the other. The convex cutting edge of the blade is lost through corrosion, abrasion and probably wear. The exposed edge is asymmetric with one side of the blade being more worn than the other. This may be due to considerable movement in the ploughsoil and corrosion. On the surviving patina, on lower part of the blade, a series of slight irregular dish (convex) shaped hammer marks / scars are present. These are most notable in oblique light. This may suggest that the cutting edge has been reshaped and sharpened by hammering at some point in its life history. |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Shropshire | ||
Date | between 1450 BC and 1250 BC | ||
Accession number |
FindID: 137248 Old ref: HESH-D05FE3 Filename: HESH-D05FE3 detail 1.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/119879 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/119879/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/137248 |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 |
File change date and time | 15:41, 20 July 2006 |
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