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Artifact ID BT 498/923
Class wire/rod
Material copper-base
Site Ban Tong
Period Middle Period-Late Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Alloy: bronze or copper
Where Cut: cross section of shaft
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: This specimen is almost completely corroded. Coring and corroded strain marks are visible in the remaining islands of metal.
BT 498/923<br>Cross section diameter=0.3 cm. Oval cross section.

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