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Artifact ID BCES 0528/1595
Class wire/rod
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Early Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Alloy: bronze or copper
Where Cut: cross section of shaft
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: Post-casting treatment
Metallographic description: The heavy corrosion has left only islands of metal. These islands are twinned grains with numerous blue-gray nonmetallic inclusions.
BCES 0528/1595<br>Cross section diameter=0.6 cm. Oval cross section.
BCES 0528/1595<br>Cross section diameter=0.6 cm. Oval cross section.

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