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)
9911C (none) (none) (none) Copper Lance-heads Poker type with square section and short tang (one broken) Type__
9912A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Copper arrowheads two, barbed and hollow socketted (both broken) [drawing] 1:1 Type VIIB
9912B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Copper arrowheads two, barbed and hollow socketted (both broken) [drawing] 1:1 Type VIIB
9913 (none) (none) B17343 Copper Object Long slender rod, one end flattened to a chisel shape, probably for hafting, the other end slenderer and curled. All over the curled end there are marks of binding with fine string or sinew. To it is attached part of a second perhaps similar rod. [drawing]
9915A (none) (none) B17501A Copper Bolt. [A-F] A set of 6 found together: 2 have solid flat heads and are bent 4 have coiled heads Type VII [drawings] 1:1
9915B (none) 1928,1010.345 (none) Copper Bolt. [A-F] A set of 6 found together: 2 have solid flat heads and are bent 4 have coiled heads Type VII [drawings] 1:1
9915C (none) 1928,1010.347 (none) Copper Bolt. [A-F] A set of 6 found together: 2 have solid flat heads and are bent 4 have coiled heads Type VII [drawings] 1:1
9915D (none) (none) B17501B Copper Bolt. [A-F] A set of 6 found together: 2 have solid flat heads and are bent 4 have coiled heads Type VII [drawings] 1:1
9915E (none) (none) B17501C Copper Bolt. [A-F] A set of 6 found together: 2 have solid flat heads and are bent 4 have coiled heads Type VII [drawings] 1:1
9915F (none) (none) B17501D Copper Bolt. [A-F] A set of 6 found together: 2 have solid flat heads and are bent 4 have coiled heads Type VII [drawings] 1:1
9916A (none) (none) B17465 [A-B] Copper Nails (2) Round in section and flattened towards the tip, which is bent over as in the case of the clay nails. Type VII.
9916B (none) 1928,1010.344 (none) [A-B] Copper Nails 2, round in section and flattened towards the tip, which is bent over as in the case of the clay nails Type VII
9917A (none) 1928,1010.342 (none) [A-E] Copper Bolts With coiled heads Type VII
9917B (none) (none) B17466 [A-E] Copper Bolts With coiled heads Type VII
9917C (none) (none) B17466 [A-E] Copper Bolts With coiled heads Type VII
9917D (none) (none) (none) [A-E] Copper Bolts With coiled heads Type VII
9917E (none) 1928,1010.343 (none) [A-E] Copper Bolts With coiled heads Type VII
9918A (none) (none) B17586 [A-B] Copper arrow butts 2 (one broken) [drawing]
9918B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Copper arrow butts 2 (one broken) [drawing]
9919 (none) 1928,1010.356 (none) Copper Pin Bent shaft, lapis ball head Type VI
9925 (none) (none) (none) Copper finger ring Plain hoop with ends overlapping by half the circle.
9926 (none) (none) (none) Copper Axe. The top of the wooden handle had round it a thin copper band which adheres to the inside of the socket of the head. Type XIX. [drawing]
9927 87-28-23 (none) (none) Copper Dagger With it a copper nail from the hilt [drawing] Type II
9928 (none) 1928,1010.336 (none) Copper Pin Plain tang head Type I
9929 (none) 1928,1010.396 (none) Copper Situla With loops for a wire handle Type LXXXIX

Related Terms

Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead - Silver

Child Terms

Bronze - Copper

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