Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,F. Ransom, Esq. Hitchin
Site: unprovenanced.
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 177
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 72
Thickness (mm): 25
Weight (g): 528
Patina: Bluish sea green patina on one side.
Surface: Smooth on one side of blade. Slightly pitted other side a little rough owing to earth corroded with. A good deal of earth patina in sockets.
Other: Width: edge 72mm; middle 24mm; butt 19.5mm,Thickness: 24.5mm; 10.75mm,Weight: 528.01 gms