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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. 
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purple leather, embroidered with gold. Near the sarcophagus were found 
the remains of a wooden box, with the brass clamps and round headed 
brass nails by which it had been held together, and with them two 
bottles of red pottery and two pans of the same, on which were some 
ashes, and two small rib bones. At some little distance was found the 
large globular earthen vessel. It contained some burnt bones, and the 
remains of a small glass bottle. It is capable of 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 JRashleigh, 1836. 
A small Roman altar, with a bas-relief, in front, of Ceres holding a 
cornucopia 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 King’s Stanley, in Gloucestershire, and presented by 
the Rev. Peter Hawker. 
A pig of lead, with the name of the Emperor Domitian inscribed 
upon it. It weighs 154 pounds. It was discovered, 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 Derby¬ 
shire. Presented, in 1797, by Adam WoUey, Esq., and Peter Night¬ 
ingale, 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 Snailbeach, in the parish of Westbury, 10 miles 
s.w. of Salop. Presented, in 1798, by John Lloyd, Esq. 1 
A pig of lead, also inscribed with the name of the Emperor Ha¬ 
drian. Its weight is 125 pounds. It was found on Cromford Moor, 
in Derbyshire. Presented, in 1797, by Adam WoUey, Esq., and 
Peter Nightingale, Esq. 
A Roman altar, erected by some freedmen and slaves, upon the re¬ 
storation of their master to health. On one side are the rod and snake 
of Aesculapius, and sacrificial instruments. On the other, are the cor¬ 
nucopia and rudder, with a patera, simpulum, &c. Found near the 
Watergate, Chester, 1779. Presented by Sir Ph. de Malpas Grey 
Egerton, Bart. 
A large stone vessel, in form of half an octagon, on each of four 
sides are sculptured a bust in high relief, viz., Venus holding a mirror, 
Jupiter, Mercury with a caduceus, and Mars with a spear. It was first 
noticed by Horsley “ lying neglected in the mill at Chesterford, Es¬ 
sex.” It was afterwards procured by Dr. Foote Gower, from a black¬ 
smith, who had used it as a cistern for cooling his irons. In 1780, 
Thomas Brand Hollis received it from the Doctor’s widow, and pre¬ 
sented it, 1803. 
An altar, with a Greek inscription, dedicated by Diodora, a high 
priestess, to the Tyrian Hercules. One side is decorated with a bull’s 
head and sacrificing-knife, the other with a crown. It was found at 
