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Artifact ID BCES 0317/0863
Class bangle
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Middle Period-Late Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Alloy: bronze or copper
Where Cut: cross section of shaft on a slant
How Mounted: slanted cross section mounted cut side up
Structure: Post-casting treatment possible.
Metallographic description: Heavily corroded; what remains is dendritic with faint traces of coring. Also revealed were some strain markings and the remains of gas and shrink porosity.
BCES 0317/0863<br>chord length=3.5 cm inner diameter=unclear shaft height=0.4 cm shaft width=0.3 cm unclear if decorated
BCES 0317/0863<br>chord length=3.5 cm inner diameter=unclear shaft height=0.4 cm shaft width=0.3 cm unclear if decorated

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