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Bronze, Unlooped Palstave Axe, HCA 244
A bronze unlooped palstave axe. This axe shows the characteristic stop or ledge-ridge which joins the flanges across the top. The cutting edge is splayed, the flanges large leaf shapes and the stop-ridge is straight. The flanges continue only slightly beyond the ridge with only a slight undercut pocket.
Palstave axes were a Middle Bronze Age development of the flanged axe to create a more effectiv…
Creator
- The Hunt Museum
Subject
- axe (weapons)
- metalworking
- trade
- agriculture
- ax heads
- archaeological objects
- axes (tools)
- bronze (metal)
- Agriculture
- Bronze
- Archaeological artifact
Type of item
- 3D
Creator
- The Hunt Museum
Subject
- axe (weapons)
- metalworking
- trade
- agriculture
- ax heads
- archaeological objects
- axes (tools)
- bronze (metal)
- Agriculture
- Bronze
- Archaeological artifact
Type of item
- 3D
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- © Hunt Museum 2020
Creation date
- 2018
- 2018
Temporal
- Middle Bronze Age, 1,500 - 1000 BC
- Bronze Age
Places
- Europe
Provenance
- This model was created by Limerick 3D. Thanks to support from The Heritage Council, European Year of Cultural Heritage and Limerick City and County Council training of volunteers was facilitated by Digital Heritage Age and the programme is ongoing at The Hunt Museum. the project focuses on exploring the Museum Collections through the use of photogrammetry and laser scanning to create 3D models.; Laser scanning; Photogrammetry
Identifier
- share3d:138
- share3d:138
Format
- glTF
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- Share3D
- Ireland
Relations
- The Hunt Museum Essential Guide (2002)
Year
- 2018
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-20T15:36:47.615Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-09-11T14:48:51.577Z