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GEA VE8 AND THEIR CONTEXTS. 



a common cemetery, as the bodies were found deposited in 

 the earth without a coffin, though partly surrounded by stone 

 settings. The antiquities found at various times with the 

 skeletons seem to belong to the latter part, or perhaps the 

 middle, of the early iron age. 





Fig. 54-3. Bronze vase. | real size. 





Fig. 544. Border of silver goblet ; plaque 

 with gold and ornamented with figures 

 in relief viz., a double head with mous- 

 taches and helmets ; a helmeted man 

 crouching, with a dagger in his hand ; 

 two quadrupeds with manes; a horned 

 animal ; and three birds. Between the 

 figures are dots, circles, and crosses. 



ii:'. 545. Silver cup. \ real size. 



BAVENHOI GRAVE FIND. 



Fig. 546. Silver goblet, with re- 

 pousse work of silver plated with 

 gold ; similar to the Valloby one. 



\ real size. 



