Axehead(Palstave)
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Axehead(Palstave)
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Published 2019-10-30T12:49:18+00:00
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Culture: Bronze Age. Material: Bronze. Dims: L10.1cm W (blade) 5.25cm. Accession No: HCA 244. Current Location: The Hunt Museum, Limerick. A cast unlooped, palstave axe with a stop or ledge-ridge joining the flanges across the top. The cutting edge is splayed, the flanges are large leaf shapes and the stop-ridge is straight. The flanges continue only slightly beyond the ridge. A Middle Bronze Age development of the flanged axe to create a more effective hafting technique. They occur throughout Europe with early examples in Ireland dating to the Killymaddy/Acton Park phase of the Middle Bronze Age(c. 1,600 BC). More.
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Date published | 30/10/2019 |
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Title | Axehead(Palstave) |
Accession | HCA 244 |
Medium | Metal |
Credit | Volunteers at the Hunt Museum |
Record | http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/axehead-palstave-24/ |
Artist | Unknown artist |
Place | Hunt Museum |
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