Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 93.6.18.7,Purchased at the sale of the Bateman Collection at Sotheby's through Messrs. Rollin and Fenardent, 1893,Part of lot 45 with lot 68,(7M79 8-13, G210-215)
Site: England,Hampshire,Selborne I,Blackmoor,Woolmer Forest,Found in 1840, 12 ft. deep.
Discovery context: auction
Parish: Selborne
District: East Hampshire
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 78 33
Year of discovery: 1840
Length (mm): 135
Width (mm): 25
Thickness (mm): 10
Weight (g): 365
Patina: Metallic bronze
Surface: Non-corroded
Associations: 7-13: 1 palstave; 4 armlets; 2 finger rings
Description: A rib down centre, one corner injured.
Remarks: Inacc,New drawing available,CI