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Artifact ID BCES 0616/2097
Class bangle
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Early Period-Middle Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Alloy: leaded bronze
Where Cut: cross section of shaft
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: Post-casting treatment possible.
Metallographic description: Cored dendritic structure with very heavy interdendritic corrosion. Lumps of twinned redeposited copper occupy some of the numerous gas voids. There are copious quantities of blue-gray nonmetallic inclusions, along with globules of lead. Corroded strain lines are found along the edges.
BCES 0616/2097<br>outer diameter=4.5 cm inner diameter=4 cm shaft height=1.1 cm shaft width=0.3 cm no decoration
BCES 0616/2097<br>outer diameter=4.5 cm inner diameter=4 cm shaft height=1.1 cm shaft width=0.3 cm no decoration
BCES 0616/2097<br>outer diameter=4.5 cm inner diameter=4 cm shaft height=1.1 cm shaft width=0.3 cm no decoration

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