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Artifact ID BT 541/1214
Class wire/rod
Material copper-base
Site Ban Tong
Period Middle Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Alloy: impure copper
Where Cut: cross section of shaft
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Granular, but the grains are not equiaxed. Blue-gray inclusions within and on the borders of the grains. 0.5% Sn.
BT 541/1214<br>Total length of all pieces=5.5 cm. Cross section diameter=0.5 cm. Rectangular cross section.
BT 541/1214<br>Total length of all pieces=5.5 cm. Cross section diameter=0.5 cm. Rectangular cross section.

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