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)
37 (none) (none) (none) Axe, bronze. Broken. [drawing 1:2]
58A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Bronze bowls, 2. Much crushed and broken, and completely oxidized,. Roughly hemispherical.
58B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Bronze bowls, 2. Much crushed and broken, and completely oxidized,. Roughly hemispherical.
59 (none) (none) (none) Bronze axe. [drawing 1:2]
60 (none) (none) (none) Bronze pointed Rod. ? spear butt?
61A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Bronze rings. Much oxidized. one broken.
62 (none) (none) (none) Bronze dagger. Point broken. 3 rivets. [drawing 1:2]
73 (none) (none) (none) Bronze arrowhead. three-edged type. [drawing 1:1]
75 (none) (none) (none) Bronze funerary urn. frg. of very much broken up and oxidized. It contains human bones all broken up small, but shewing no signs of burning. [drawing] Bottom of urn set about 0.015 above the lowest edge of the walls
95 (none) (none) (none) Bronze pin. rectangular section. Broken into 3 pieces. [drawing 1:1]
110 (none) (none) (none) Bronze spatula. Blade flattened: haft square in section. [drawing 1:1]
113 (none) (none) (none) Bronze bowl. Godrooned: exact type of Deir Huzah bowls. [Annotated] Photo?
124B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Bronze bowls. One inside the other, corroded together. [drawing] (A) In good condition. (B) Inside it one apparently thus: but base all gone.
124A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Bronze bowls. One inside the other, corroded together. [drawing] (A) In good condition. (B) Inside it one apparently thus: but base all gone.
140 (none) (none) (none) Bronze arrowhead. Of normal three-flanged type.
156 (none) (none) (none) Bronze tumbler. Upper part broken on one side, and rim distorted.
157 (none) (none) (none) Bronze situla (?) But seemingly solid, perhaps owing to oxidation only: with frs. of chain.
162 (none) (none) (none) Bronze-knife-blade. Broken. [drawing 1:1]
190 (none) (none) (none) Bronze adze or terriya [drawing]
226 (none) (none) (none) Bronze adze blade. Socket missing.
308A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] Bronze, molten lumps of:. In B is embedded a broken bronze axe head, clearly part of the kaj [slag?] being melted down.
409 (none) (none) (none) Bronze fibula. Broken. Poor condition. 9th-5th cent BC type. [drawing 1:1]
410 (none) (none) (none) Bronze drill? Shaft square in section, point broken: butt end broadened out but now shapeless. TTB1-34
417 (none) (none) (none) Bronze bolt. Rectangular shaft, flat head. [drawing 1:1]
418 (none) (none) (none) Bronze chisel. Square section. [drawing 1:1]

Related Terms

Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead - Silver

Child Terms

Bronze - Copper

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