Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum,92-6-13-3,Presented by A.W. Franks Esq.,13/6/1892,W? French
Site: England, essex,shoebury,hoard i
Hoard: yes
Parish: Shoebury
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 165
Width (mm): 58
Edge (mm): 58
Thickness (mm): 25
Weight (g): 470
Patina: pale green
Surface: very corroded
Other: 3 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Shield device below stop with midrib connected to stop running over shield and continuing a little more than halfway down face of blade.,Butt distinctly notched.
Associations: 1-27,2 Fragments swords,1 Palstave,3 Winged Celts,15 Socketed Celts,1 Bracelet,6 Cakes Copper,3 Fragments Pottery.
Description: Slight flanges & stop ridge. A slight rib down middle of the blade on each side. Back hollowed. Roughly cast
Publications: Described by C.H. Read in Proc. Soc. Ant. 1892 XIV
Remarks: Inacc.,new card done