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Artifact ID BT 506/982
Class wire/rod
Material copper-base
Site Ban Tong
Period Middle Period-Late Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Alloy: bronze.
Where Cut: cross section of shaft
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Rectangular in cross-section, this specimen has a dendritic structure whose coring is linear. At 600x, one can see tiny bits of alpha+delta eutectoid forming between the dendrites
BT 506/982<br>Total length of all pieces=2.8 cm. Cross section diameter=0.4 cm. Rectangular cross section.
BT 506/982<br>Total length of all pieces=2.8 cm. Cross section diameter=0.4 cm. Rectangular cross section.

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