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shape, two of iron (figs. 99, 100), and one of bronze (fig. 

 1 01). 'Had they been found unaccompanied by objects 



fig. 100 



fig. lOI 



so exclusively Roman,' remarks Mr Roach Smith, 'they 

 would, and with reason, have been called Norman or late 

 Saxon.' These spurs are remarkable for their short neck 

 or ' prick,' which is even less than the Anglo-Saxon 

 specimens, and much more so than those of a later 

 date. C. Caylus ' figures an ancient bronze spur with 

 apertures at the ends of the branches to fasten it on, like 

 those represented in this bronze relic from Hod Hill. 



At ShefFord, in Bedfordshire, what was called a hoof- 

 pick was encountered with Roman relics : ' Of Roman 

 relics no place in Bedfordshire has furnished the quantity 

 or quality equal to ShefFord. About four dozen Samian 

 cups, dishes, and paterce of various shapes and patterns 

 have been there discovered, and at Stanford Bury, in its im- 

 mediate vicinity. Avast variety of other reliquiae were found 

 with these ; some splendid articles in glass, a beautiful radi- 

 ated amber-coloured vase, quite perfect; a splendid blue jug, 

 or simpulum, of elegant form, and the sacred knife that 

 accompanies the simpulum on the reverses of coins of 

 Antoninus and other emperors, as emblems of the impe- 



' Recueil, vol. iii. plate 9. 



