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Artifact ID BC 0608/535

Class bell

Material copper-base

Site Ban Chiang BC

Period Late Period-Protohistoric

Completeness: fragmentary

Type:

Subtype:

Number of pieces: 1

Corrosion level: metal present

Conserved: no

Weight gm: 0.4

Maximum dimension: 1.1

Description: Outside diameter=1.5 cm. Thickness=0.1 cm. Decoration consists of circular grooves 1.0 mm apart completely covering the convex surface of the fragment. The center or origin of the pattern shows clearly that it is a spiral and not concentric circles. The concave surface is somewhat corroded but is generally smooth, without any trace of the spiral pattern.

Comments:

BC 0608/535<br>Outside diameter=1.5 cm.
Thickness=0.1 cm.
Decoration consists of circular grooves 1.0 mm apart completely covering the convex surface of the fragment. The center or origin of the pattern shows clearly that it is a spiral and not concentric circles. The concave surface is somewhat corroded but is generally smooth, without any trace of the spiral pattern.

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