Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Worthing Museum,567/7
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): 134
Width (mm): 18
Edge (mm): 37
Thickness (mm): 6
Surface: dark greeny-brown patina; much speckled to light green
Associations: 1a hoard/7c Misc Debris
Description: Dimensions: L 134mm; We 36.7mm; Wbt 17.5mm; Bst 31.3mm; Blp 8.5mm; Tbt 5.8mm (approx); T sep 12.4mm,Typology: irregular longt. furrow down either sep.,Manufacture: stump of cg. fl. on fg. sides only - removed butt and blade; large cavity in blade fave and reverse se. - cg. defects - nick in lp. prob. also; some diffuse hammer marks; low on blade,Condition: broken surface at butt end; edge blunt - probably all lost by corrosion; stop and fg. crests very little damage,Attached Material: fawn to light brown soil traces
Remarks: Labels/Markings: black ink 567/7,small square s/o label: 7