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‘‘Normandie Souterraine ” we learn, that the Roman Cemeteries in 
that province contain glass urns, partially filled with hones. 
In regard to the age of the interments at the Mount it is difiicult to 
say anything precise. Cremation ceased soon after the age of Con¬ 
stantine ; they probably therefore preceded that period. The form of 
the letters and the numerous ligatures would lead one to assign the 
inscription to the third century after Christ. Various articles of 
household pottery, not having any sepulchral use, were found near the 
tablet, others have been used to contain ashes. Why household ves¬ 
sels should have been placed in tombs is not clear. The most proba¬ 
ble opinion is, that the practice arose from a desire to surround the 
deceased with objects associated with his domestic affections. To 
this desire the antiquary owes the preservation of many interesting 
and instructive relics, from the splendid vases of Greece and Sicily, 
Campania and Etruria, to the humbler vessels which are found in 
British, Roman, and Saxon sepulchres. 
November 5. — The Rev. J. Kenrick read a notice of the exca¬ 
vations which have been carried on at Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury, 
the Uriconium of the Romans. The paper was illustrated by a draw¬ 
ing of the remains of a public building, conjectured to be the Basilica, 
and a ground-plan of the extensive hypocausts of the public baths. 
In the mode of construction, and the nature of the objects of 
antiquity found within the walls, Uriconium closely resembled 
Eburacum, and the other Roman cities whose remains have been 
explored. An impression was exhibited from one of the medicine 
stamps, used by the Roman oculists, which has been found at 
Uriconium. The inscription reads: 
TIB. C. L. M. 
DIALIBA 
AD. OM 
NE UN 
O EX O. 
The Dialibanum was an ointment into which the fragrant resin 
libanus or olibanum entered as an ingredient. It was to be used ad 
omne unguentum oculorum, mixed (ex o.) with egg. Each Cohort had 
its medicus, subordinate to the medicus of the Legion. ^ At the side 
* See Professor Simpson’s Pamphlet, “Was the Eoman Army provided with 
Medical OflSlcers ? ” Wright, “ The Celt, the Eoman, and the Saxon,” p. 249, 
