Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Worthing Museum,63/1055
Site: England, west sussex,rustington,manor road
Parish: Rustington
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 159
Width (mm): 30
Edge (mm): 70
Thickness (mm): 9
Surface: Light gold-brown sur.; fairly heavily pock-scarred
Associations: Hoard
Description: Dimensions: L 159.3mm; We 70.4; Bfg 30.0; Bst 30.0; Blp 5.5; Tsep 9.2, Typology: central rib with rounded cast - thins towards top end, v. poor side flanges with flattened tops; orig. a good edge: bev; depression in either sep. end,Manufacture: 2 or 3 marked cavities in sn - porosity holes or treatment? traces of cg fr - sl on reverse side,Condition: edge probably was in tact - now little irregular - fairly sharp - parts of fg crests lost - butt may reflect original shape still
Remarks: Black ink: 63/1055,"Conserved" in area museums service Arch. Lab 28/2/68 - 18/4/69,Archive: PIF + AFI,PRBAF: DF: C; SI,Ext: CI,Rec SN Nov. 78,Source: MV