Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London, Tower Armoury, Tr. 108
Site: England, suffolk,bramfield,near castle yard
Parish: Bramfield
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Grid reference: TM 4030 7339
Year of discovery: 1839
Length (mm): 128
Width (mm): 27
Edge (mm): 47
Thickness (mm): 10
Weight (g): 247
Surface: Dull brown/dull gold - some silvery sheen; localized green; small patches dark brown - ?pat. remnant
Associations: Hoard
Description: Dimensions: L 127.5mm; We 47mm; Wst 26.7mm; Bst 26.8mm; min B lp 2.9mm; max T sep 10mm; max A fg. 8mm; B fg 23.7mm; Wt. 247 gms,Typology: hint of side fg. blade; st. bowed in plan; loop irreg. and thin in middle; sep. near rect.; shield rib prom. one face, diffuse on obverse.,Manufacture: cg. fl. neatened but not fully removed - low bump; notched fg. prob. miscast; rough butt top - ? as snapped; much dimpling of sides and bl. faces likely as-cast, neat edge bevel.,Condition: edge a little serrated from damaged (?corr.),Attached material: small deposits fawn soil
Publications: See context card.
Remarks: Circumstances: found in March 1839,Labels/Markings: white ink: CX2/358; large rect. adhesive sepia label: 108