Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology + Ethnology Cambridge,Foster Bequest No. 15 (No. 17 is correct in Cat.),Prehistori Bronzes No. 36 (Catalogue is lost).
Site: England, cambridgeshire,bottisham lode
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Bottisham
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 138
Width (mm): 30
Edge (mm): 54
Thickness (mm): 28
Weight (g): 292
Patina: Dark grey and green patches.
Surface: Dull with corroded patches. Two holes due to bad casting.
Other: Length; 137.5mm,Width: edge 54mm; at loop 30mm; butt 22mm,Thickness: 27.5mm; 9mm
Description: Triangular shield shaped ornament below the stop ridge and a vertical rib passing through the triangle down each face of blade.