Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London Museum C. 889.
Site: England, essex.,walthamstow,17 ft. in alluvium.,1903.
Parish: Walthamstow
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1903
Length (mm): 164
Edge (mm): 72
Thickness (mm): 27
Weight (g): 453.3
Patina: Brown.
Surface: Slightly corroded
Other: 3 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Slight semi-circular depression below stop, midrib runs below depression all the way to edge bevel.,2 large, slightly rounded depressions between midrib and side ridges.,Flanges relatively shallow, taper a little ways before butt.,Edge somewhat worn, crescent shaped and much wider than rest of blade face. Entire edge bevel below hollows appears slightly bent to one side, may be a drawing error?,Septum floor quite rounded.