RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES IN CORNWALL. 



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Pottery : — Red, 

 unglazed). 



1 urna or olla, — urn or jar ; 



fragment of bottom and 



side; fine clay, boldly curved. 



Height of vessel [probably 



about 8-in.] 



Diam. of circular base 3-in. 



Stream-work, 

 Boscarne. 



Pottery : — (Drab, 

 brownish, yellow- 

 ish, and dusky, 

 unglazed). 



1 or more, ditto ; in fragments ; 

 dusky brownish, smooth ; 

 and of darker tint, coarser ; 

 all of similar size and form. 



Height of vessel or vessels 

 [probably about 7-in.] 



Width at mouth, about 

 5a-in. 



Diam. at base, 3|-in. 



(Perhaps small sepulchral 

 urns). 

 1 mortarium ; brim fragment ; 

 drab, with slight reddish 

 coating like a wash, on sur- 

 face, nearly worn off. 



The brim is rounded and 

 has a rim led forward to 

 form a lip. 



Height of vessel, [prob- 

 ably about 3^ -in.] 



Exterior diam. at brim, 



lOHns. 



Interior diam. at brim, 

 ll-ins. 



Width of brim, l|-ins. 

 „ ,, rim, |-in. 

 „ „ lip,lf-in. to|in. 



Diam. of base [probably 

 3i-in.] 



Along upon the brim, 

 beside the lip, is the 

 potter's stamp, perfect, with 

 the heads of the letters; 

 outward : 



Found it is 

 supposed in or near 

 the camp or stream 

 works. 



At Tregaer, in 

 camp or in vicinity ; 

 if this be the piece 

 of Roman ware (as 

 it is supposed to be) 

 mentioned by Mac 

 Lauchlan as im- 

 pressed with the 

 potter's stamp. 



| LESB I VS F | 



"Lesbius f[ecit],"— Lesbius* 

 made it. 



Length of impression, 

 lf-in. 



Width of impression, |-in. 



Height of letters, 3 /io-in. 



* The name of Lesbius, does not occur on any of the potters' stamps, nor 

 indeed in any of the thousands of other inscriptions, quoted by Professor Hiibner 

 in his great work " Inscriptiones Britannise Latinse." It is of good and clear 

 type, and evidently gives the potter's cognomen. Many families of potters have 



