Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Worthing Museum,63/1055(iii)
Site: England, west sussex,rustington,manor road
Parish: Rustington
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 164
Edge (mm): 62
Thickness (mm): 9
Surface: Chocolate brown surface with silvery sheen; large areas of pitting
Associations: Hoard
Description: Dimensions: EL 163.6mm; EWc 62.3; Max EBst 25.9; max Tsep 9.2; Tbt 5.5,Typology: prominent ridged-rib on blade and side flanges; rounded stop crest, fairly crisp septum angles; one, possibly more, short rib in septum end - none evident on reverse which has more rounded septum end,Manufacture: much of cg-fl survives down one side; v. probably from same mould as 63/1055 (vi),Condition: butt end pres. broken; part of bl. e. may have been intact - one corner chipped?,Archive: PIF and AFI; PRBAF: DF C; SI; Ext: CI; Rec: SN Nov. 78; Source: MV
Remarks: Label/Markings: Black ink: 63/1055,"Conserved" by area Museum Service Arch. Lab 28/2/68-18/4/69