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)
	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)
	37	(none)	(none)	(none)	Axe, bronze. Broken. [drawing 1:2]
	59	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bronze axe. [drawing 1:2]
	11737	(none)	1929,1017.560	(none)	Pin. Copper with lapis ball head. Type V.
	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.
	11918A	(none)	1929,1017.635	(none)	[A-C] Copper Tumblers. 10 in all. 3 sets, nested, of 3 each, and of 4.
	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.
	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
	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.

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