Which issue critically limited early Mesopotamian bronze tools where river sediment was highly abrasive?

💡 Explanation

When abrasive riverine sediment contacted bronze, abrasion wear occurred via micro-cutting and plowing because the bronze's hardness was insufficient resist particle impact. Therefore, accelerated mass loss results, not hardening, transformation or saline effects which depend on entirely distinct thermo-mechanical or electro-chemical mechanisms.

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