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 example, also from Little Chester, is of a totally different 



character. It is of a fine 

 reddish-brown clay, and is 

 ornamented with " slip" in 

 an unusual manner. It 

 measures 3^ inches only in 

 height, and the same in 

 diameter at the mouth. When found, it was filled with 

 burnt bones, among which were some small fragments of 



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bronze ornaments, which had evidently been burned along with 

 the body. Along with this engraving I give, for the purpose 

 of comparison representations of two other urns from different 

 localities, which will be seen to be of the same general form 

 as the one I have described, although differing from it in 

 ornamentation and in colour of clay. 



In the regular cemeteries of the Romano-British period, 

 the cinerary urns were usually surrounded by a group of vessels 

 of various forms, sizes, and uses, which probably had orginally 

 contained wine, unguents, aromatics, etc. Among these, 

 vessels of various makes are found, and occasionally a Samian- 

 ware cup, a patera, or a bowl. Although in Derbyshire no 



