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Artifact ID BT 623/1439
Class amorphous
Material copper-base
Site Ban Tong
Period Early Period

Alloy: bronze or copper
Where Cut: in half
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: Post-casting treatment possible.
Metallographic description: Heavily corroded dendrites, with a clear fringe around the arms. Annealing or mechanical twins and grain boundaries are visible in a few of the dendritic islands.

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