Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Sotheby's Lot 307, 24.v.21
Site: England, thames (label)
Discovery context: auction
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 154
Width (mm): 21
Edge (mm): 49
Thickness (mm): 5
Weight (g): 496
Patina: No patina.
Surface: Smooth (except for the corrosion). A dull dark browny black colour - golden bronze showing through faintly.
Composition: Bronze
Other: Site: unspecified location on the Thames,Width; edge 48.5mm; butt 21mm,Thickness: 5mm; 8.25mm; 13mm; 32mm
Description: The whole length of blade is hammered.