Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London, Tower Armoury,Tr 105
Site: England, suffolk,bramfield,near castle yard
Parish: Bramfield
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Grid reference: TM 4030 7339
Year of discovery: 1839
Length (mm): 138
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 56
Thickness (mm): 9
Weight (g): 337
Surface: Dull brown, gold flecked, pocks and patches of green small patches dark brown - ? pat. remnant
Description: Dimensions: L 137.7 mm; EWe 56.2mm; W st 22.7mm; Wbt 23mm; Bst 26.5mm; max T sep 9mm; max H fg 8mm; EB fg 23.3mm; Wt 336.9 gms,Typology: median ridge along blade - within shield it expands as triangular very low moulding; thickish butt seems arched; stops only gently bowed in plan; limits of poorly defined side bars; sep. sl. dished,Manufacture: cg. fl. well removed all way; hammer rippling over parts of sides and blade faces; sl. blade tip hollow,Condition: blade edge bunt ? rubbed - slighly asymmetric edge and diffuse levels blade tip lost in ant.? some chipping of fg. crests
Publications: See context card.
Remarks: Circumstances: found in March 1839,Labels/Marking: white ink: CX2/360; large rect. adhesive sepia label: 105