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Table 3 Elemental composition of silver object found in Xigoupan M2

From: China and the steppe: technological study of precious metalwork from Xigoupan Tomb 2 (4th–3rd c. BCE) in the Ordos region, Inner Mongolia

Sample

Object

Spot

Metal elements (wt%)

No

Au

Ag

Cu

Cl

S

XGP 1800.38

Silver horse harness ornament

Front of left ear

6.9

92.3

0.8

Front of left ear

87.1

12.9

Front

97.3

1.6

1.1

Front

97.6

1.4

1.0

Front

97.5

1.1

1.4

Front

96.3

3.1

0.7