Backscattered electron micrograph of a polished cross section showing the dendritic microstructure of the primary casting. The outlines of dendrites appear dark gray; the interdendritic space is filled with phase alpha + delta (eutectoïd composition) and various inclusions (light gray) as well as nodules of lead (white oval shape). 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..