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Artifact ID BCES 1229/1077
Class bangle
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Middle Period

Alloy: bronze.
Where Cut: cross section of shaft
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Cored dendritc structure; alpha+delta eutectoid survives in a few areas. Many gas and shrinkage voids, some with twinned redeposited copper.

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