By the Rev. E. II Gocldarcl. 477 



A tablet, 3^in. x 2^in, and fin thick, of hard coralline stone, 

 .bevelled on the under side (Fig. 1, Plate II.), is one of the objects 

 described as " Painter's palettes." A precisely similar " palette " 

 in the British Museum was found with Eoman things at the King's 

 Anns Yard in London. The Westbury example, however, shows 

 signs of having been rubbed down in the centre, and very nmch 

 resembles a carpenter's hone for sharpening chisels. 



Pig. 10, Plate V., shows a pointed bone implement of a type 

 common on Komano-British sites. 



It is difficult to say what was the use of the curious stone object 

 (Fig. 2, Plate III.). The lower portion is cut out of a solid piece 

 of freestone, and the small cavity inside is hollowed out in three 

 Irregular steps, as shown in the illustration. The cover is solid, 

 and fiat on the under side. There is some trace — rather more 

 than is shown in the drawing — of a rough depression or channel on 

 the inside of the lip, cutting across the steps, but it is difficult to 

 say whether this is intentionally formed or not. It has been 

 suggested that it is a lamp, but the stone cover seems to negative 

 this idea. Two or three examples which appear to be identical 

 were found iu the excavation of the Roman site on Lansdown, and 

 are now preserved in the Bath Museum. It is suggested that they 

 may have been moulds for some purpose. The dimensions of the 

 Westbury example are : — height, 5in. ; with the cover on, 7f in. ; 

 diameter of top, 5|in. ; depth of sinking inside, 2f in. ; diameter of 

 sinking, 2in. 



The leather sole of a woman's shoe for the right foot, of which 

 the upper and under sides are illustrated in Fig. 1, Plate III., was 

 recovered from the well. Many examples of Roman shoes, found 

 in Britain, are to be seen in the British Museum, the Guildhall 

 Museum, and elsewhere. 



