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DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES. 
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and lower shelves, Eoman vessels of coarse earthenware, principally em- 
ployed as cinerary urns. Over the cases, two large amphorcB, the necks 
of which have been broken off to admit urns, like rude sarcophagi. 
Cases 52, 53. Specimens of Koman earthenware, found on the site 
of the kilns in which they were manufactured. They are generally 
" castaways," ill-made or imperfect. 
Cases 56, 57. Eoman pottery of various kinds. The localities in 
which the specimens were found are inscribed upon them as far as pos- 
sible. Underneath : Eoman roof, flue, and draining tiles. 
Cases 58, 59. Eoman lamps variously ornamented. Two specimens 
of earthenware with a yellow vitreous glaze. Eoman 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 : Eoman Mortaria, or pounding-vessels. 
Cases 64-75. Miscellaneous Antiquities. In Case 64, a vase turned in 
Kimmeridge coal, and the waste pieces found on the site of the manu- 
factory on the coast of Dorsetshire. Clay moulds for counterfeit coins. 
Case 65. Glass vessels. Cases 66, 67. Brooches and other personal orna- 
ments. Cases 68, 69. Bronzes, among which may be noticed a 
fine statue, found at Barking Hall, Suffolk. Case 70. Antiquities dis- 
covered at Eibchester, in Lancashire. On the upper shelf, a bronze 
head of the Emperor Hadrian, found in the Thames. 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 D are placed Eoman Antiquities discovered in London, 
forming part of the collection made by Mr. Eoach Smith. They con- 
sist of statuettes, personal ornaments, implements of various kinds, 
such as knives, styli for writing, fragments of glass and pottery, leather 
sandals, and other remains of the Eoman 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 bearing 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, spearheads, 
and bosses of shields. A bucket ot wood with bronze mountings. 
A Danish sword found in the Eiver Witham. A bronze bucket, which 
was discovered full of coins of the kings of Northumbria. 
