SWOIWS WITH LATIN INSCRIPTION. 



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Fig. 601. Fart of bent sword, real size, showing inscription 

 in Latin "RANVICI," probably a name, and above it a stamp, 

 probably constituting the trade-mark of its maker. Similar 

 swords have been found at other places in tin 1 North, in 

 the Nvdam and Vimose bogs. 



Fig. 602. Bent 

 sword, \ real size, 

 found in a mound 

 at Einantj, Kris- 

 tians Amt, Nor- 

 way, on a layer 

 of charcoal and 

 burnt bones. 



Fig. 603. Bronze vessel, of Roman manufacture, mound 48 to 

 50 feet diameter, 6 feet high, found in a mound at llarf, 

 Meldelpad Sweden, above a slab, filled with burnt bones, 

 an iron spear-point, fibula o! bronze, fragments of c!ay 

 urns, &c. $ real size. 



