Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Worthing Museum,567/2
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): 132
Width (mm): 25
Edge (mm): 46
Thickness (mm): 15
Surface: Dark green patina; parts flaking to pale greens, especially at edge; measure of granular textured dull green
Associations: 1a. Hoard/7c Misc Debris
Description: Dimensions: L 132.2mm; EWe 46.0mm; Wbt 24.5mm; Bst 34.0mm; Blp 8.6mm; T sep 15.2mm; Tbb 5.7 mm (approx),Typology: five irregularly spaced ribs - 2 outer ones very thing - flatten at bases and merge out; angular square-ended septum; blade cast with a flare below decoration; rounded fg. crests - medium broad; inner edge of stop qt. angular bevelled underside; bev. on septum across fg. ends,Manufacture: blade faces cast or forged into 4 longitudinal facets - few individual hammer marks possibly discernible; broad stumps of cg. fl. - some practically or totally removed - hammer marks; hammer flattening of fg. ends; 2 valves of mould dislocated; loop asymmetric., septums different lengths;  asymmetric fg. section; small proj. on one side - cg. defect?; much of butt-end smoothed.,Condition: virtually all of edge lost - chipped to pale green and dark chocolate brown; fgs and sts mainly undamaged,Attached Material: light orangey-brown soil traces in many places
Remarks: Labels/Markings: black ink 567/2; black ink printed: 567