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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [ROOM VII e 
containing about six gallons. These were all found at 
Southfleet, in 1801, within the site of an old building 
about fifty feet square, and were presented to the British 
Museum by the Rev . George Rashleigh, 1836. 
A small Roman altar, with a bas-relief, in front, of 
Ceres holding a cornucopise and pouring incense from 
a patera upon an altar. 
A small Roman altar, with a bas-relief in front, of 
Mars or a Roman general, holding a spear and shield. 
A small Roman altar, similarly decorated with the 
preceding. These three were found at Kingstanley, in 
Gloucestershire, and presented by the Rev. Peter Hatcher . 
A pig of lead, with the name of the Emperor Domitian 
inscribed upon it. It weighs 154 pounds. It was dis¬ 
covered, in the year 1731, under ground, on Hayshaw 
Moor, in the manor of Dacre, in the West Riding of 
Yorkshire. Bequeathed by Sir John Ingilby, Bart ., and 
presented by his Executors in 1772. 
A pig of lead, inscribed with the name of L. Aruconius 
Verecundus. It weighs 81 pounds. It was found near 
Matlock Bank, in Derbyshire. Presented , in 1797, by 
Adam Wolley, Esq., and Peter Nightingale, Esq . 
A pig of lead, with the name of the Emperor Hadrian 
inscribed upon it. It weighs 191 pounds. It was found 
in the year 1796, or 1797, on a farm called SnaUbeach, 
in the parish of Westbury, 10 miles s.w. of Salop. Pre¬ 
sented, in 1798, by John Lloyd , Esq. 
A pig of lead, also inscribed with the name of the 
Emperor Hadrian. Its weight is 125 pounds. It was 
found on Cromford Moor, in Derbyshire. Presented, in 
1797, by Adam Wolley, Esq., and Peter Nightingale, Esq . 
A Roman altar, erected by some freedmen and slaves, 
upon the restoration of their master to health. On one 
side are the rod and snake of JEsculapius, and sacrificial 
instruments. On the other, are the cornucopise and 
rudder, with a patera, simpulum, &c. Found near the Wa¬ 
tergate, Chester, 1779. Presented by Sir Ph. de Malpas 
Grey Eger ton, Bart. 
A large stone vessel, in form of half an octagon, on 
each of four sides is sculptured a bust in high relief, viz. 
Venus holding a mirror, Jupiter, Mercury with a cadu- 
ceus, and Mars with a spear. It was first noticed by 
