Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Foster Bequest No. 22 (No. 24 is correct in Cat.),Prehistoric Bronzes No. 47 (Cat. lost)
Site: England, cornwall,penzanceabulae
Parish: Penzance
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 161
Width (mm): 21
Edge (mm): 49
Thickness (mm): 9
Weight (g): 495
Patina: Dark reddish brown, covered with bright green spots.
Surface: Corroded
Other: Width: edge 49mm; butt 21mm,Thickness: 9mm; 33mm; 39mm
Description: Deep groove below the stop ridge suggestive of the shield shaped ornament. Blade very blunt.