Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge
Site: England, lincolnshire,sleaford,bought in cambridge 1908
Parish: Sleaford
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 158
Width (mm): 26
Edge (mm): 60
Thickness (mm): 8
Weight (g): 422
Patina: Dark green + brown patina.
Surface: Fairly smooth. Dull. Chipped at the blade.
Other: Width; edge 60mm; middle 26mm; butt 21mm,Thickness: 7.5mm; 32mm
Description: High stop ridge. Below stop is a semi-elliptical ornament containing four ridges. This ornament is very deeply scooped out. There is a slight median ridge running from it towards the blade.
Publications: A. 1908 112, Annual Records Catalogue, 1908 80