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Artifact ID BC 0687/1100
Class flat
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BC
Period Early Period

Alloy: bronze or copper
Where Cut: cross section
How Mounted: Both halves mounted, one flat and one on edge in same mount
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Dendritic, corroded, with gas porosity and two types of gray non-metallic inclusions in the corroded interdendritic areas.

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