Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,Evans Collection, 1927-2682
Site: England, oxfordshire (oxon),dorchester (near),1873
Parish: Dorchester
County: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1873
Length (mm): 118
Width (mm): 32
Edge (mm): 38
Thickness (mm): 10
Weight (g): 334
Patina: Rusty brown patina.
Surface: Scratched; flaked at edge.
Other: Width: edge 38mm; centre 32mm; butt 28mm,Thickness: centre 10mm; 24mm,Weight: 334.25 gms
Description: Loop broken off. Edges of flanges imperfect. Blade probably worn away by use and regrinding. Narrow blade, heavy butt. Highly developed stop-ridge. Side opposite loop divided transversely into 2 facets.
Publications: Evans, Anc. Br. Imps., p.86, Fig. 73