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Artifact ID BCES 0382/1073
Class prill
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Middle Period

Alloy: bronze or copper
Where Cut: cross section
How Mounted: cross section
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Recrystallized grains full of inclusions. The slag was either reheated or cooling was extremely slow.

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