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Artifact ID BCES 0312/0854
Class wire/rod
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Middle Period-Late Period

Alloy: bronze or copper
Where Cut: cross section of shaft at a slant
How Mounted: slanted cross section mounted cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Cored dendrites with many gas and shrinkage voids and with extensive corrosion.

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