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A vase of thin bronze, from Mundesley, Norfolk ; a small 

 ornamented bronze bowl; pins, and other objects from the 

 site of a pile-dwelling in the Thames at Hammersmith ; and 

 a bronze statuette of rude workmanship, perhaps the figure 

 of a goddess, found at Aust on the Severn. 



Several stone hammer-heads, chipped flints, socketed celts, 

 and arrow-heads, chiefly from the government of Kieff, 

 Russia ; seven stone implements from the Dardanelles ; and 

 an interesting terra-cotta figure from Adalia, Asia Minor. 



Fifty chert implements and flakes from Abydos, found in 

 the tombs of Egyptian Kings of the first dynasty ; given by 

 the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



A collection of stone knives and other implements from 

 flint mines in the eastern desert of Egypt ; discovered and 

 given by H. W. Seton-Karr, Esq. 



Specimens of chert implements from the Libyan Desert 

 beyond Fayum ; discovered and given by Stanley S. Flower, 

 Esq. 



A massive triple collar of gold, with engraved geometrical 

 ornament and cup-shaped projections, found at Penha Verde, 

 near Cintra, Portugal. This important addition to the pre- 

 historic series in the Museum is probably the most remarkable 

 relic of Bronze Age metal work found in Portugal. 



(2.) Romano-British : — 



Two acquisitions of importance from Wales, viz. : — A 

 broad gold bracelet, ornamented with applied wires, with 

 enamelled clasps displaying Celtic scroll-work ; an incom- 

 plete pair of gold bracelets in quadrangular panels set 

 with garnets and sapphire pastes, and a heavy gold 

 ring set with an onyx intaglio of an ant, all found together 

 at Rhayader, Radnorshire. The other comprises four gold 

 rings, with ornamented angular shoulders, one set Avith 

 a cameo and another having a cock engraved on the 

 bezel; found together on Sully Moors, near Cardiff", with 

 Roman coins, which fix the date of the rings to about the 

 year A.D. 300. The latter find is described in the Numismatic 

 Chronicle, 3rd Series, Vol. XX., pp. 27-65. 



An iron spear-head, probably of the Roman period, found 

 at Victoria Dock Extension, 1881 ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., 



F.S.A. 



(3.) Anglo-Saxon and Foreign Teutonic : — 



A remarkable tripod bronze jug with hinged lid, and 

 curved cylindrical spout, the body ornamented on the wheel 

 with bands of lines. Several similar vessels have been found 

 in Fra.nkish graves on the Rhine, but this is the only English 

 specimen known; it was found with a Saxon glass cup in a 

 grave at Wheathampstead, Herts. It is figured in Proceed- 



