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(figs. 9-i;i), anil all are fully descrilied by him. Tiie tops of some of Uiem are 

 richly decorated with enamel and glass ; but one is only an iron stud, 

 evidently the base or central portion of a weight. For a discussion of the 

 values of the weights, which appear to be divisions and multiples based on 

 the old Norse ore, see Eidgeway, " Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight 

 Standards," Appendix C, p. 401. 



Fio. 9 {{). 



Fio. 10 (1). 



Fig. 11 (i). Fig. 12 [\). Fig. 13 ({). 



The four pairs of bronze tortoise shaped brooches found at Island-bridge 

 are all of the same type and almost 

 similar in pattern, and are very like 

 Kygh's fig. 647. That figured by Sir 

 William Wilde, and reproduced here 

 (fig. 14), will be sufficient to show their 

 general character ; but each pair shows 

 minute differences. One may have been 

 originally tinned or coated with white 

 metal, traces of which can still be seen. 

 The brooches belong to a regular and well- 

 dated series, being an early type of the 

 Carlovingian period. They give a prob- 

 able date to the principal objects of the 

 find of about 825 a.d. All the objects 

 of the find, though more or less Norse 

 in appearance, and of the same period 

 as dated by the brooches, must not be 



assumed to be of the same date or from 



, .1 1 , 1. Fw- '■'■ — Brooch (3). 



the same interment ; the dates tor some 



of them may extend over half a century and more. 



