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Artifact ID BCES 0573/1813
Class point
Material bronze-iron
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Middle Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Completeness: whole, reconstructed
Type: spear point
Subtype: socketed
Number of pieces: 1
Corrosion level: metal present
Conserved: Yes
Weight gm: 123
Maximum dimension: 28.6
Description: Blade is iron. Socket is copper-base metal. Maximum blade width=3.6 cm. Maximum thickness of blade (except midrib)=0.4 cm. Midrib=present. Blade shape=triangular with rounded shoulders. (Shape 2) Outside socket diameter=1.9 cm. Inner socket diameter=1.6. Length of socket=7.2 cm.
Comments: Socket tapers to 1.3 cm diameter where it joins the iron blade. The blade tip is broken off. Assuming that the taper of the blade continued uniformly to a point, the blade would have been about 29 cm long. The midrib runs the full length of the blade and is the same on both faces.
BCES 0573/1813<br>Blade is iron. Socket is copper-base metal. Maximum blade width=3.6 cm. Maximum thickness of blade (except midrib)=0.4 cm. Midrib=present. Blade shape=triangular with rounded shoulders. (Shape 2) Outside socket diameter=1.9 cm. Inner socket diameter=1.6. Length of socket=7.2 cm.
BCES 0573/1813<br>Blade is iron. Socket is copper-base metal. Maximum blade width=3.6 cm. Maximum thickness of blade (except midrib)=0.4 cm. Midrib=present. Blade shape=triangular with rounded shoulders. (Shape 2) Outside socket diameter=1.9 cm. Inner socket diameter=1.6. Length of socket=7.2 cm.

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