Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,Evans Collection. 1927-2408.
Site: England, norfolk,barton bendish
Parish: Barton Bendish
County: Norfolk
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 174
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 64
Thickness (mm): 10
Weight (g): 503
Patina: Dull brown.
Other: Width: edge 64mm; centre 25mm; butt 22mm,Thickness: centre 10mm-29mm,Weight: 502.85 gms
Associations: Hoard consisting of 2 palstaves, 1 blade of knife or dagger, 2 torcs, 2 rings, 5 bracelets, 1 ornament.
Description: 5 thin ribs in septum. Shield containing short midrib on face.