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Artifact ID BCES 0254/0604A
Class BELL
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Late Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Completeness: intact
Type:
Subtype:
Number of pieces: 1
Corrosion level: metal present
Conserved: Yes
Weight gm: 3.1
Maximum dimension: 1.8
Description: Length (top to bottom)=1.8 cm. Width=1.2 cm. Width of opening=0.3 cm. Degree of opening around the body=180°. Ball is missing. Loop outside diameter=0.8 cm Loop inside diameter=0.4 cm. Loop is 0.2 cm wide with a groove around the center of its exterior, so that it almost looks like two side-by-side loops of wire.
Comments: Decoration is spiral design with center of spiral at center of left and right hemispheres. Grooves of spiral are 0.8 mm apart. Opening is tapered from a maximum at the center to acute angles at the ends. In Thailand.