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II. — Acquisitions. 

 (1.) Early British and Prehistoric Antiquities : — 



A remarkable celt of jade-like stone said to have been 

 iound at Canterbury ; given by F. Bennett Goldney, 

 Esq., F.s.A. 



A dug-out canoe, made from a tree-trunk, found 6 feet 

 -deep on a former bank of the River Lea, during excavations 

 for Lockwood Reservoir, Higham Hill, Walthamstow ; given 

 by Messrs. S. Pearson & Co., Ltd., and the East London 

 Waterworks Company. A photograph and details of the 

 discovery are given in the Essex Naturalist, Vol. XIL, 

 1901, p. 11. 



A cinerary urn and smaller vessel found in 1901 at 

 Dummer, Hants, on a site that was excavated in 1888, and 

 described in the Journal of the British Archmological 

 Association, XLV., p. 112 ; given by Dr. S. Andrews. 



A piece of horse-furniture once enamelled, of the late 

 Celtic period, found at Leicester about 1870 ; given by 

 W. E. Fidler, Esq. 



A series of stone celts and hammer-heads of neolithic age 

 and specimens of the bronze period, found in the Government 

 of Kiev, S. Russia. 



An interesting collection of flint and bronze implements 

 from royal tombs of the first and second Egyptian dynasties ; 

 given by the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



Three flints chipped into crescent form, found near the 

 tomb of Neter-Khet, at BSt Khallaf, Upper Egypt ; given by 

 the Egypt Research Account. 



An important series of antiquities, including bronze 

 ornaments and pottery, dating from the early Iron period in 

 Europe, from the Ticino valley, N. Italy, excavated under 

 the superintendence of the Swiss National Museum, Ziirich ; 

 given by Sir John Brunner, Bart., M.P. 



(2.) Romano-British : — 



A bronze lamp in the form of Silenus seated on a wine- 

 skin, resembling one already in the Museum from the 

 continent ; found in Fenchurch Street, City of London, and 

 given by the Friends of the British Museum. It is figured in 

 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, Vol. XVIII., 

 p. 354. 



A large ' Samian ' bowl with several leaden rivets, found 

 in Cheapside, City of London ; given by Messrs. G. &; J. B. 

 Hilditch. 



A pottery vessel found at West Wickham, Kent, with a 

 Romano-British interment, described in the Archceological 

 Journal, Vol. LVIIL, p. 103 ; given by G. Clinch, Esq. 



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