Object: Palstave
Classification: Palstave Flanges Hammered Over
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: University College of Water Museum, Aberystwyth,Now in Nat. Mus. Wales, Cardiff,47.164.180
Site: Unprovenanced,Wales,Exact locality unknown
Country: Wales
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 102
Width (mm): 27
Edge (mm): 36
Thickness (mm): 20
Weight (g): 208
Patina: Green patina scaling off and showing copper-coloured metal beneath.
Surface: Pitted and much corroded.
Composition: Appears to be of copper. Copper 81.92; Tin 13.68; Lead 0.10; Nickel 0.24; Zinc 0.70; Silicon 0.64; Sulphur 0.15; Iron, Arsenic; Antimony; Bismult, etc. - = 97.43
Other: Width: butt 27mm; centre 30mm; edge 36mm,Thickness: centre 20mm
Description: Edge broken; one wing broken
Publications: PW, no. 442