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)
9933 (none) (none) B17508 Copper Knife Knife__
9934 (none) (none) B17093 Whetstone Dark grey, a rod octagonal in section with a (broken) copper ring for suspension
9937 (none) (none) B17321 Copper Tweezers. [drawing]
9938 (none) (none) (none) Copper Dagger Narrow straight-sided blade with short tang (broken) and rivets. The handle had been studded with silver nails.
9940 (none) (none) (none) Copper Dagger With remains of the wooden handle Type II
9941 (none) (none) (none) Whetstone. Originally with copper ring, now disappeared.
9944 (none) (none) (none) Copper Dagger With the blade is preserved part of the wooden handle bound and studded with silver Type__
9946 (none) (none) (none) Copper Toilet Set Tweezers and stiletto on a ring Type__
9947 (none) (none) (none) Copper Razors A pair, corroded together & one broken [drawing] Type XVI
9951 32-40-221 (none) (none) Copper Toilet Set Stiletto and Tweezers
9952A (none) (none) B17357 [A-B] Copper Razors a pair corroded together as usual Type XVI
9952B (none) (none) B17357 [A-B] Copper Razors a pair corroded together as usual Type XVI
9953 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pin Plain tang head Type I
9955 (none) 1928,1010.341 (none) Copper Pin With simple rounded head and pierced shaft Type IX
9956A (none) (none) (none) 2 [A-B] Copper Punt-poles Thin rods, round in section and rounded off at the top, flattened for the last 11 centimetres to a rectangular section 0008, across. Found by the side of the bitumen bellum. (one broken)
9956B (none) (none) (none) Copper Punt-poles. [A-B] (2) Thin rods, round in section and rounded off at the top, flattened for the last 11 centimetres to a rectangular section 8mm, across. Found by the side of the bitumen bellum. (1 - broken)
9957 (none) 1928,1010.401 (none) Copper Pan Inside it are 4 other copper vessels: all are broken and distorted [Type XLIV] [drawing]
9958 (none) (none) (none) Copper Pan Inside it a shallow copper tray inverted [Type I] [drawing]
9961 (none) 1928,1010.310 (none) Copper Dagger With central rib and short rounded tang and six rivets Type 3 (new)
9963A (none) 1928,1010.331 (none) [A-D] Copper spear butts (?) 4 The lower part is solid and seems to be cast: the upper part was made hollow and open down one side: the wooden shaft was inserted, the open sides brought together over it, so as to overlap and then secured by copper nails driven through the wood. [drawing]
9963B (none) (none) B17333 [A-D] Copper spear butts (?) (4) The lower part is solid and seems to be cast: the upper part was made hollow and open down one side: the wooden shaft was inserted, the open sides brought together over it, so as to overlap and then secured by copper nails driven through the wood. [drawing]
9963C (none) (none) B17335 [A-D] Copper spear butts (?) (4) The lower part is solid and seems to be cast: the upper part was made hollow and open down one side: the wooden shaft was inserted, the open sides brought together over it, so as to overlap and then secured by copper nails driven through the wood. [drawing]
9963D (none) (none) (none) [A-D] Copper spear butts (?) (4) The lower part is solid and seems to be cast: the upper part was made hollow and open down one side: the wooden shaft was inserted, the open sides brought together over it, so as to overlap and then secured by copper nails driven through the wood. [drawing]
9964 (none) (none) B16996 Copper pin. Bent shaft, lapis head. Type VI.
9967 (none) 1928,1010.359 (none) Copper Pin. With bent shaft and lapis ball head (broken) Type VI.

Related Terms

Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead - Silver

Child Terms

Bronze - Copper

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