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Artifact ID DK 176A/362
Class wire/rod
Material copper-base
Site Don Klang
Period Late Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Alloy: high-tin bronze
Where Cut: cross section of shaft
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: Unclear.
Metallographic description: This transverse-mounted sample has largely corroded, leaving behind only what are probably islands of alpha and a pseudomorphic structure of fine lines. The beta and needles have corroded. It was probably a quenched beta-tin martensite.
DK 176A/362<br>Cross section diameter=0.2 cm. Round cross section.
DK 176A/362<br>Cross section diameter=0.2 cm. Round cross section.

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