342 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE, ETC. 
Copper. Tin. Nickel. Arsenic. Lead. 
Per Per Per Per Per 
Alishar Hiiyiik : cent. cent. cent. cent. cent. 
e 832 : : . 85:29 0°22 #&2«X3Xtrace 0°05 trace 
e 860 ; ’ . 46°41 7°16 a OUlne 2202 
e 936 : ; 51-75, O20... 0-07) OneD Ousm 
e 962 : : - 43°09 0°97 _ trace = = 
e€ 1554 4 : - 55°08 — — 2°43 — (Sulphur 
2°75) 
e 1801 ; : i505 23.04. 0. 05.uc,..0 001. 10; 20 mons 
€ 2037 . ; 6 3 = os = 
Some of these specimens being almost completely oxidised, the analyses 
have been reported as found, but it would probably be safe to recalculate 
to the unoxidised material, as when separate analyses of the outer crust 
and the metallic core have been made the results have been found to agree 
satisfactorily. As in the analyses previously reported from these sources, 
copper and true bronze are found in deposits of the same age, whilst some 
specimens contain intermediate quantities of tin. The presence of nickel 
and arsenic in most of them is characteristic, and points to a northern 
origin. 
A cup-shaped vessel of the Luristan bronze series, from Dr. Plenderleith, 
gave: 
Copper . 5 : ‘ - 90°59 per cent. 
"inte 3 ; : rope iey 5: » 
Nickel Oo L5). yueuanss 
Arsenic O20 254 een 
Iron Or 245 piss 
The rest oxygen. 
A fragment of a ‘ bronze’ lion from Shibam, Hadramout, Southern 
Arabia, was received from Dr. Plenderleith. It was only slightly corroded, 
and gave : 
Copper . ; : : . 81-6 per cent. 
Tin . ’ : : : Bi CGT: Reems 
Nickel : ; : : a 1023 eens 
Arsenic . ; ‘ : . trace 
Lead * re & % * 4 3 ° ”» ” 
Iron “i : 3 z . °° 5 ” ” 
Sulphur . ‘ é 3 =, yn OWe Mec mente 
An important series of objects, in a very perfect state of preservation, 
was received from the Wellcome Archzological Research Expedition, having 
been found at Tell Duweir (Lachish) by Mr. J. L. Starkey. ‘These are 
dated about 2700 B.c., and are mainly copper. 
Copper. Tin. Nickel. Arsenic. Lead. Iron. 
Per Per Per Per Per Per 
cent. cent. cent. cent. cent. cent. 
D. 1500/2272 Lump . 94°26 — 0°07 — Male 3, Wa, 2s, 
D. 1513/1831 4 - 96'9 — 0°07. trace 0'5 o'5 
D. 2009/2303 Dart - O5'I — rt » me o°5 
D. 2032/2349 Javelin . 96°0 = = ”» Ba O°7 
D. 2111/2481 Dart . 96°8 — = ” rs I°2 
D. 2111/2482 Dagger . 93°7 — — ” =F 2°6 
D. 2049/2381 Dart - 92°8 = trace » ae 0-3 
