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Cases 54, 57. Koman pottery of various kinds. The localities in 
which the specimens were found are inscribed upon them as far as pos- 
sible. Underneath : Koman roof, flue, and draining tiles ; also two 
Roman coffins of lead, found near London. 
Cases 58, 59. Roman lamps variously ornamented. Two specimens 
of earthenware with a yellow vitreous glaze. Roman red moulded ware, 
commonly called Samian. The finer kind, known as Aretine ware, 
was made chiefly at Arctium in Italy ; the coarser in Germany and 
Eastern Gaul, and imported into England. A fragment of a mould 
may be seen in Case 63 ; and a type for impressing the mould. 
Cases 60-63. Plain Samian ware, probably the ware employed for 
domestic purposes. The specimens are generally stamped with potters' 
names. Underneath : Roman Mortaria, or pounding-vessels. 
Cases 64-75. Miscellaneous Roman Antiquities. Among them may 
be noticed a vase turned in Kimmeridge coal, and the waste pieces 
found on the/ite of the manufactory on the coast of Dorsetshire; clay 
moulds for counterfeit coins ; glass vessels ; brooches and other per- 
sonal ornaments ; bronzes, among which is a fine statue, found at Bark- 
ing Hall, Suffolk. Case 70. Antiquities discovered at Ribchester, in 
Lancashire. On the upper shelf, a bronze head of the Emperor Had- 
rian, found in the Thames. Below, a Roman tomb found in the Great 
Park, Windsor, and presented by Her Majesty. Cases 71-75. Edicts 
granting privileges to some of the auxiliaries serving in Britain under 
Trajan and Hadrian. Votive offerings, small figures, etc. 
In Table Case F are placed Roman Antiquities discovered in London, 
principally from the collection made by Mr. Roach Smith. They consist 
of statuettes, personal ornaments, implements of various kinds, such 
as knives, and styli for writing, fragments of glass and pottery, leather 
sandals, and other remains of the Roman occupants of London. 
ANGLO-SAXON ANTIQUITIES. 
These antiquities, which have been chiefly found in ancient 
cemeteries, belong for the most part to the earlier periods of 
the Heptarchy. They show that both burying and burning the 
dead were practised in England by the Saxons. 
Cases 76-80. On the upper shelf are black sepulchral urns, found 
chiefly in Norfolk and Suffolk. On the lower shelf of these and the 
following Cases are tablets of antiquities discovered by Dr. Bahr 
in Livonia and Courland, of about the same age as the Saxon antiquities, 
and placed here for comparison. 
Cases 81-87. Various Saxon weapons, such as swords, spear-heads, 
and bosses of shields. A bucket of wood with bronze mountings. 
A bronze bucket, which was discovered at Hexham full of coins of the 
kings of Northumbria. 
In Table Case G arc placed personal ornaments of various kinds, 
and a scries of swords and spears discovered in the Thames. Among 
them a sword with a Runic alphabet. 
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