Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ashmolean museum, Oxford,Evans Collection, 1927-2409
Site: England, norfolk,barton bendish
Parish: Barton Bendish
County: Norfolk
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 170
Width (mm): 26
Edge (mm): 69
Thickness (mm): 8
Weight (g): 405
Patina: Dull brown patina.
Other: Width: edge 69mm; centre 26mm; butt 19mm,Thickness: centre 8mm; 22mm,Weight: 405.45 gms
Associations: Hoard consisting of 2 palstaves, 2 torcs, 5 bracelets, 2 rings, 1 ornament, 1 knife.
Description: Casting ridges untrimmed. Butt imperfect. 1 corner of cutting edge broken off. 6 grooves converging below stop-ridge with slight longitudinal depression extending down blade for a short distance.