Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Cambridge, University Museum
Site: England, cambridgeshire,cambridge
Parish: Cambridge
District: Cambridge
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 138
Width (mm): 20
Edge (mm): 32
Thickness (mm): 12
Surface: Dark greeny-brown; butt broken, no sign of wear on blade edge
Description: Blade width: 3.2cm; at mid-body 2cms; below shield 1.6 cms; at [...] flange 1.2 cms; at butt 1.2  cms; Depth: at mid flange 5mm; at [...]flange1.1 cm; at butt 6mm; Shield: 1.1 cm; x 1.1cm,Blade Shape: Long narrow st. blade with almost parallel sides. Slight [...] where body meets blade edge.,No [...],Bevel crest 1.4 cm from edge.,Side slightly rounded, Body flat faced.,Section - c. rectang.,No signs of hammering.,[..00F] (a) Raised bevel with flanges and shield - all raised above blade surface. (b) Stop- at facet socket, st. line.,[...let] - Shape - Rectang.; Cross section - st  sided, flat bottomed,Flanges: (a) Leaf shaped - long and low [...]; (b) End at the [...] rib shield outline in the same line; (c)Flanges tend to thicken towards the butt. Small rounded shield of raised rib outline. Flat.,[...ow]: Butt broken. No sign of wear on blade edge. [...] Dark grey-brown.