Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Worthing Museum,567/6
Site: England, west sussex,worthing,south farm road
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Worthing
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 139 045
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 127
Width (mm): 20
Edge (mm): 41
Thickness (mm): 16
Surface: Black-brown patina; scattered pocking to light green surface
Associations: 1a. Hoard/7c. Misc. Debris
Description: Dimensions: L 127.2mm; EWe 40.5mm; Wbt 19.7mm; Bst 30.8mm; Tsep 15.5 mm; Tbt 7.4mm; Blp 10.3mm,Typology: rounded fg. crests - flattened at ends; flattened st. crest - upper edge more crisp; blade angles very crisp,Manufacture: very broad cg. fl. along one fg side - some lipping - reverse side are edge only survives - hammer marks; cg. fl. totally removed on blade sides; notch in one fg./st. junction - cg. flaw, fairly good bev. on blade with hammer marks below; marked blade tip hollows,Condition: most of edge corrosion damaged; on tip missing; butt end - very uneven broken surface,Attached Material patches of light brown soil
Remarks: Labels/Markings: black ink: 567/6,small square label s/o black ink 6 = printed