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Artifact ID BCES 0729/2548
Class amorphous
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Middle Period

Alloy: bronze or copper
Where Cut: in half
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Faintly cored dendritic structure with grain boundaries. Large shrinkage cavities and a few nonmetallic inclusions are present.

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