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Artifact ID BCES 1188/748
Class wire/rod
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Middle Period-Late Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Alloy: bronze or copper
Where Cut: cross section of shaft
How Mounted: 2 pieces:one cross-section, one lengthwise in same mount.
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Very heavily corroded. Only the main dendrites and a few nonmetallic inclusions have survived the corrosion.

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