Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Worthing Museum,567/1
Site: England, west sussex,worthing,south farm road
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Worthing
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 139; 045
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 164
Width (mm): 22
Edge (mm): 38
Thickness (mm): 17
Surface: Milky green to gold - brown mottled patina; scattered minor pocking to pale green surface
Associations: 1a. Hoard/7c Misc. Debris
Description: Dimensions: L 164.3mm; We 38.2mm; Wbt 22.3mm; Bst. 37mm; Blp 9.3mm; T sep 16.6mm; Tbt 7.5mm,Typology: five short ribs on either face, outer ones slightly thinner - terminals emphasised by  forged bev.; angular blade edges; rounded st. and fg. crests - latter very narrow; slight bowing to butt faces,Manufacture: some fg. ends clipped by hammering; cg. fl. remains only on flange sides only - totally removed from butt and blade sides - some hammer marks here; part of cg. fl. quite sharp - untrimmed; small irregular bulbous mouldings on fg. and sl - defects; slight hammermark damage much of blade, with qt. distinct; edge bev. low down; cavities in one septum end - cg. flaws,Condition: butt top - broken surface - probably in manufacturing; edge basically in tact, blunted from patina flaking; crests on one face - corrosion chipped.,Attached Material: Chalky to fawn  matrix mainly in hollows
Remarks: Labels/Markings: black ink: 567/1; black ink printed: 567 - [foded?]