Casting

Casting is a process of forming a metal object, where molten metal is poured into a mold, allowed to cool, and then the mold is broken away and the object is cleaned and possibly shaped or decorated.  

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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)
	(none)	(none)	1929,1017.534	(none)	(none)
	(none)	(none)	1825,0503.76	(none)	(none)
	10479	(none)	1928,1010.159	(none)	Plaster Cast Of a hole in the ground above the box in PG 800: the hole was vertical and showed traces of wood: the upper part had been cut away and only the lower part was cast. It seems to have been a wooden wand which was carved to represent a snake coiled around the staff.
	11737	(none)	1929,1017.560	(none)	Pin. Copper with lapis ball head. Type V.
	11917	(none)	1929,1017.632	(none)	3 Copper Vessels. (A) Shallow dish, circular with narrow trough spout; (B) similar; (C) A strainer, with handle (broken)
	11918	(none)	1929,1017.635	(none)	[A-D] Copper Tumblers. 10 in all. 3 sets, nested, of 3 each, and of 4.
	11920A	(none)	1929,1017.628	(none)	[A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval. Types III and LXIII
	11920B	(none)	1929,1017.631	(none)	[A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval.
	17887D	32-40-226	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Copper bull's head. Five examples. Cast in copper and originally attached to some wooden object (from which they have been broken away) by a pin passing through the neck. All of same type but differing in size and slightly in execution all of regular Al Obaid style all in good condition.
	37	(none)	(none)	(none)	Axe, bronze. Broken. [drawing 1:2]
	59	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bronze axe. [drawing 1:2]

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