Analyses of the halberd blades show that the metal of which they are composed does not differ much from that of the copper celts. A recent analysis of five specimens is appended which shows that the blades are practically of pure copper. This is interesting, as it removes the doubt expressed by Sir John Evans in "Bronze Implements," p. 265, that "many of these blades have the appearance of being made of copper; but the absence of tin in their composition has not been proved." +-+----------+-------+----+---------+--------+-----+-------+-----+-------+ | | | | | | | | | |Bismuth| | | |Copper.|Tin.|Antimony.|Arsenic.|Lead.|Silver.|Iron.| Nickel| | | | | | | | | | | Zinc.| +-+----------+-------+----+---------+--------+-----+-------+-----+-------+ |1|King's Co.| | | | | | | | | | |Day Coll.,| | | | | | | | | | | No. 25,| 99.02 |0.22| Nil | Nil | 0.19| 0.26 | 0.04| Nil | | | | | | | | | | | | |2|Antrim, | | | | | | | | | | |1903, 235,| | | | | | | | | | | No. 9, | 97.31 |0.31| 0.14 | 0.18 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | | | | | | | | | | | | |3|Galway, | | | | | | | | | | | W. 241, | | | | | | | | | | | No. 19,| 98.06 |0.22| Nil | Nil | 0.58| Nil | 0.17| Nil | | | | | | | | | | | | |4|Cork, | | | | | | | | | | | R. 459, | | | | | | | | | | | No. 7, | 98.30 |0.30| 0.27 | 0.37 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | | | | | | | | | | | | |5| W. 248, | | | | | | | | | | | No. 28,| 97.24 |0.18| Nil | 1.54 | Nil | 0.25 | Nil | Nil | +-+----------+-------+----+---------+--------+-----+-------+-----+-------+ [Illustration: Fig. 11.--Halberds from North Germany and Sweden after Montelius.]