Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Worthing Museum, 63/1055 (ii)
Site: England, west sussex,rustington,manor road
Parish: Rustington
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 0493,0293
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 148
Edge (mm): 55
Thickness (mm): 7
Surface: Chocolate brown 'stripped' surface; scattered pock-holes/pits; 'conserved' by area Museum Service Arch Lab 28/2/68-18/4/69
Associations: 1a Hoard
Description: Dimensions: EL 148.4; EWe 54.6; Bfg (max E) 29.0; max T sep. 7.0; Tbt 5.0 (approx); B st 26.3,Typology: slightly undercut st.; slight depression at septum end with traces of very short ribs - probably 3 on either face; raised ridge central on blade - prominent - descends smoothly from pres. original flattened stop crests; slight emphasis of blade sides evident - probably side-flanged; "V" section septums.,Manufacture: marked skew between flanges and septum - not between blade edge and septum; lump on side with double stump form - almost certainly failed loop,Condition: edge totally blunt now - original?; butt end but off? - damage, recent?
Remarks: Labels/Markings: black ink: 63/1055,Archive: PIF + AFI,PRBAF: DF (C), SI,Ext.: CI,Rec. SN No. 78,Source: MV,Old cards: 1