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Artifact ID BT 582/1396
Class wire/rod
Material copper-base
Site Ban Tong
Period Early Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Alloy: bronze.
Where Cut: not cut; all in sample
How Mounted: mounted whole lengthwise
Structure: Post-casting treatment
Metallographic description: This specimen is shaped rather like a tack with a slightly curved shank. The shank is corroded in the middle, leaving two large islands of metal. The islands have large worked and annealed grains, with some grains showing strain marks but with the annealing twins remaining straight.

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