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Artifact ID BCES 0548/1582
Class point
Material bronze-iron
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Middle Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Completeness: greater than half
Type: spear point
Subtype: socketed
Number of pieces: 1
Corrosion level: metal present
Conserved: Yes
Weight gm: 86.9
Maximum dimension: 11
Description: Blade is iron, heavily corroded. Socket is bronze. Maximum blade width=3.4 cm. Maximum thickness of blade=0.6 cm. Midrib=unclear Blade shape=triangular with rounded shoulders (Shape 2). Outer socket diameter=1.9 cm. Inner socket diameter=1.6 cm. Length of socket=6 cm.
Comments: Socket tapers to 1.5 cm diameter where it joins the iron blade. Assuming that the blade taper continued uniformly to a point, the blade would have been about 14 cm long. On exhibit in Thailand.
BCES 0548/1582<br>Blade is iron, heavily corroded. Socket is bronze. Maximum blade width=3.4 cm. Maximum thickness of blade=0.6 cm. Midrib=unclear Blade shape=triangular with rounded shoulders (Shape 2). Outer socket diameter=1.9 cm. Inner socket diameter=1.6 cm. Length of socket=6 cm.
BCES 0548/1582<br>Blade is iron, heavily corroded. Socket is bronze. Maximum blade width=3.4 cm. Maximum thickness of blade=0.6 cm. Midrib=unclear Blade shape=triangular with rounded shoulders (Shape 2). Outer socket diameter=1.9 cm. Inner socket diameter=1.6 cm. Length of socket=6 cm.

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