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Artifact ID BCES 0609/2069
Class bangle
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Early Period-Middle Period

Alloy: leaded bronze
Where Cut: a v-cut in inner arc of shaft
How Mounted: slanted cross section mounted cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Very heavily corroded dendrites. Many blue-gray inclusions, twinned redeposited copper.

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