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Description: | A copper alloy Bronze Age palstave axe (Middle Bronze Age 1500-1150BC). The axe has a hammered crescentic blade, raised stop and flanges. There is some wear on the cutting edge and the blade tips are rounded (either through wear or abrasion); one corner from the butt is missing. There are three raised ribs that extend from the stop towards the butt; on one side these are parallel (length: 32.88mm approx.), on the other side two are parallel and the middle rib runs diagonally making contact with the other two ribs at opposite ends (length: 29.42mm approx.). On the other side of the stop there are two grooves that extend from the stop towards the blade (length: 17.55mm). These grooves are the same on both sides of the axe. Matt pale green patina, pitted surface, there are areas of glossy dark green patina. The axe is similar to no. 140 Hotham type palstave that dates to the Taunton phase 1400-1300 BC (Rohl, B. and Needham, S. 1998. The circulation of metal in the British Bronze Age. British Museum Occasional Paper no. 102). Dimensions: length: 132.41mm; width: 45.95mm; thickness: 22.15mm; weight: 255g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1500
1150 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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