Metal
Metals are material, element, compound, or alloy that is hard, opaque, shiny and has good electrical and thermal conductivity, and is malleable. They can be hammered or cast into various shapes. Soft metals like gold and silver have been used longer, with metals such as copper, bronze, and iron coming later. Alloys are the creation of a new material from the combination of two or more elements in a certain proportion. Most of the time it is hard to tell the alloys apart from original elements, like in the case of copper. This is why they are grouped together below. Metals are usually used for tools, weapons, vessels, and statues.
Metals are material, element, compound, or alloy that is hard, opaque, shiny and has good electrical and thermal conductivity, and is malleable. They can be hammered or cast into various shapes. Soft metals like gold and silver have been used longer, with metals such as copper, bronze, and iron coming later. Alloys are the creation of a new material from the combination of two or more elements in a certain proportion. Most of the time it is hard to tell the alloys apart from original elements, like in the case of copper. This is why they are grouped together below. Metals are usually used for tools, weapons, vessels, and statues.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7872 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Like 7871 but shorter and broader. Bent end broken and mended. XI. |
| 7873 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper knife. Same type as 7872 but longer. The bent-over end has been broken and mended. Impression of reed matting on one side. |
| 7874 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Similar to 7872 but the bent-over haft end is missing. XI. |
| 7875 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper knife. Similar to 7872 : bend double in antiquity. XI. |
| 7876 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper blade ? Axe. Straight-sided : cf. U.7877. Bent-over end missing. |
| 7877 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper knife? or Axe? The blade is straight-sided and the cutting edge may be at the square end, cf. U.7867 but this is longer and narrower. The other (haft) end is bent over: broken and mended. |
| 7878 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper dagger. Long leaf-shaped blade secured by 2 (or 3?) rivets. |
| 7879 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper dagger. Long leaf-shaped blade, probably rivetted but rivets gone. |
| 7880 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Mushroom-shaped head, round shaft, pointed. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7881 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper kohl-stick(?) Head, round knob on square-section rod becoming round at 30mm [drawing 1:1] |
| 7882 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin or borer. Much corroded (also broken), apparently shaped thus with slight knob and then a thicker stem gradually thinned to a point. [drawing] |
| 7883 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper kohl-stick(?) Similar to U.7881, shaped thus [reference to drawing] (broken) [drawing] |
| 7884 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper needle with elongated slot eye. Broken. |
| 7885 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. The base all smashed in. Sides nearly vertical; but it may have been hemispherical once. |
| 7886 | (none) | 1928,1009.342 | (none) | Copper reticule. Usual cone with knob end: the case is broken, exposing the implements, viz: a tiny knife or spatula, a second apparently similar, a chisel-edged tool(?), a rod, possibly a kohl-stick [drawing] | |
| 7887 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper borer? Tanged at the thick end of gradually tapering : circular in section. Broken. |
| 7889 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Blunt rounded head. |
| 7890A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two silver finger rings. One [A] is penannular, the wire thicker in the middle than at the ends; the wire of the second [B] is of the same thickness throughout, and the ends meet. |
| 7891 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Nearly hemispherical. Cracked and distorted. On the outside was marking of reed mat - not burnt. Inside, remains kept for analysis. |
| 7892 | (none) | 1935,0113.399 | (none) | Copper bowl. Sides rather straight curving off sharply to the base, which is all broken away. |
| 7925 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spear butt end? Copper. Complete but broken at top and mended. Rectangluar in section tapering to a point at one end. The other end tapers to a flat rounded edge convenient for fixint into a wooden shaft. [drawing 1:10] [type] 1(new) |
| 7926 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lance head. Copper. Flat blade with slight rib in middle. Metal shaft at blade end is rounded and has a raised band 15mm from the end of the blade. Beyond the raised band the metal shaft is rectangular in section and tapers to a flat rounded edge for fixing into a wooden shaft. [drawing] Type VI (new) |
| 7928 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Axe head. Copper. Slinder type. [drawing] not to scale. [type] XIV |
| 7929 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Dagger. Copper. Triangular blade. Metal shaft has 2 rivets on either side for wooden handle. Top missing, end broken. [drawing 1:5] [type] II |
| 7930 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spear. Copper. Rectangular in section. Pointed top. Blackened by fire. Burnt wood adhering. Same type as U.7925, VI. |
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