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well burned, and in the ashes at the bottom of the fireplace 

 was a flat disc of earthenware with four small holes partly 

 bored through it, which had evidently been used in games. 



Perhaps the most satisfactory way in which to deal with 

 the objects found, would be to take them in some order. 



FIBULA. 



Under this head are the various fibula? or brooches, 

 of a great variety of patterns and types, some being of 

 altogether exceptional interest. Unquestionably the collec- 

 tion of fibula? is the most interesting of the various objects 

 found. 



Aucissa Fibulae. There are two brooches and a fragment 

 of a third of altogether exceptional interest, as they bear 

 inscribed upon them the makers name, Avcissa, (Aucissa). 

 In general shape and ornamentation these brooches do not 

 differ greatly from the ordinary types of fibulae. The arch is 

 half pear shaped. One end — the stalk, as it were, of the 

 pear, terminates in a knob, and is beaten out into a thin wing 

 or flange, bent round along the entire outer edge to form a 

 rolled up outwards into a small hollow cylinder, which is cut 

 through in the centre, and the pin inserted here, plays or 

 hinges upon a piece of bronze wire thrust lengthwise through 

 the cylinder. It is just above this cylinder that the name 

 catch for the pin. The other end is flattened transversely and 

 "Avcissa" is placed. The ornamentation of these brooches 

 is very simple. Along the centre of the uppermost side of 

 each are three raised parallel lines, the centre one being 

 broken up into a series of raised points or dots, and parallel 

 to each edge is another raised line. On the flattened hinge 

 portion, lines at right angles to the preceding are drawn, 

 between two of which the name "Avcissa" is placed. In 

 each case, unfortunately, the pin is missing, although in one 

 of the brooches a portion still remains, showing a projecting 

 piece which prevents the pin from going too far inwards, 

 and at the same time makes a spring unnecessary. 



An important paper dealing with the Aucissa fibulas 

 occurs in "The Archaeological Journal" for 1903. This is 

 from the pen of Mr. F. Haverfield, M.A., F.S.A., of Oxford. 

 From it we learn that: — "These brooches all, so far as is 

 recorded, belong to one and the same type of fibula. It is a 

 simple type, devoid of elaborate devices or complicated orna- 

 ment, but it possesses definite features. Instead of the usual 

 spiral coil or spring to control the pin, it has (like some other 

 Roman types) a hinge working inside a tiny cylinder, which 





