Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum,Price Collection 1874 (39)
Site: England, essex,chelmsford,1837
Parish: Chelmsford
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1837
Length (mm): 168
Width (mm): 22
Edge (mm): 41
Thickness (mm): 27
Weight (g): 468
Patina: Traces of a dark browny green
Surface: Fairly smooth, but rather pocked. Mostly light green colour and some rust stains. Dark golden bronze just shows through.
Other: Width: edge 41mm; butt 22mm,Thickness: 26.5mm; 8mm,Weight: 467.7 gms