Chemical Composition: ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Bronze:
Cu, 95.3; Sn, 3.33; Pb, 0.36; Zn, 0.228; Fe, 0.17; Ni, 0.01; Ag, 0.05; Sb, 0.03; As, 0.53; Bi, less than 0.025; Co, less than 0.005; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001
J. Riederer
Chemical Composition: XRF data from Tracer
Alloy: Bronze
Alloying Elements: copper, tin
Other Elements: lead, iron, nickel, silver, arsenic
K. Eremin, January 2014
Technical Observations: The patina features brown deposits over various green and blue corrosion products, red cuprite, and some exposed brown metallic surface. The pot is complete, although the surface is quite corroded.
The small round pot was cast by the lost-wax process, and the surface detail was most likely created on the wax model. Irregular blobs of excess metal are visible on the interior. One of the holes in the small handles reveals a flange on its upper surface that was probably formed in the wax. Careful removal of some surface corrosion reveals ancient rough tool marks from finishing after casting. On the bottom of the pot, there are regular linear tool marks that may have been made by an ancient file, as indicated by the fact that the cross lines are even and parallel.
Carol Snow (submitted 2002)
