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Artifact ID BT 859/1639
Class amorphous
Material copper-base
Site Ban Tong
Period Early Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Alloy: bronze or copper
Where Cut: in half
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Dendritic, with heavy interdendritic corrosion. It is pitted, with some inclusions to be seen. Etchants seemed to have no effect.

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