Bright field photomicrograph of an etched cross section showing the dendritic microstructure of the primary casting. The outlines of dendrites appear brown; the interdendritic space is filled with phase alpha + delta (eutectoïd composition) together with nodules of lead (gray oval shape) and various inclusions. The Youth of Agde, France, 1st century CE, H. 140 cm (Musée de l’Ephèbe et d’Archéologie Sous-Marine de la Ville d’Agde, France, inv. 839). See fig. 561 for a general view. See Mille, Benoît. 2012. “The Casting Techniques of Antique South Arabian Large Bronze Statues.” In Scientific Research on Ancient Asian Metallurgy: Proceedings of Fifth Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 28–29/10/2010, edited by P. Jett, B. McCarthy, and J. G. Douglas, 225–47. London: Archetype..