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[edit]| Bronze age palstave axe | |||
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National Museums Liverpool , Vanessa Oakden, 2012-03-02 15:37:23 |
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Bronze age palstave axe |
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English: An incomplete 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 1.57mm thick. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being before the stop ridge. The blade (measured from the cutting edge to the stop ridge) is 93.38mm in length. The width of the cutting edge is 62.56mm. The thickness of the blade is 18.00mm (measured at a point below the stop ridge; the width at this point is 27.46mm). Beneath the stop-ridge, on both sides 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 rear part of the axe (from the stop ridge to the butt) is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in section (profile), with the widest part behind the stop ridge. At the stop ridge, the palstave measures 28.94mm thick and 27.38mm wide. The septum (the area between the flange facets and the stop ridge) is 62.63mm long, 17.87mm wide and 6.00mm deep. The butt of the axe has been damaged and is incomplete. The palstave is a mid brown to mid green colour. The surface is pitted and corroded with a light greenish brown patina remaining only on the septum. 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) Trafford | ||
| Date | between 1450 BC and 1250 BC | ||
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FindID: 491854 Old ref: LVPL-0E8FF7 Filename: LVPL-0E8FF7.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/372600 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/372600/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/491854 |
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