Copper Alloy
Copper alloys are metal alloys that have copper as their principal compoenet. They have high resistance against corosion. Bronze is created when tin is added, Brass is created when zinc is added. It is almost impossible to separate the different alloys based on appearance alone. Chemical testing is needed to distinguish these separate alloys.
Copper alloys are metal alloys that have copper as their principal compoenet. They have high resistance against corosion. Bronze is created when tin is added, Brass is created when zinc is added. It is almost impossible to separate the different alloys based on appearance alone. Chemical testing is needed to distinguish these separate alloys.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7870 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Fairly heavy metal, very slight rim along edge. Cracked and distorted but intact. III |
| 7871 | (none) | 1928,1009.290 | (none) | Copper axe. Fairly heavy metal with curved cutting edge, end bent over for fixing in handle. XI. [drawing] |
| 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. |
| 7888A | (none) | (none) | B16963 | [A-B] Two copper rings. Made of a fairly thick rod bent round with the ends just overlapping. | |
| 7889 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Blunt rounded head. |
| 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 |
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