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 ^rocccbmas nt tfte .fHUcctings of tf)c ^rifjatologicnl Institute. March 7, 1851. Sm John Boileau, Baut., Vice President, in the Chair. Mr. Yates read some Additional Remarks on the Roman Bulla, supple- mentary to his memoir on the discovery at Gcldestone, Norfolk, given in a previous volume of the Jownial.^ He laid hefure the meeting, hy the kind permission of Lady Fellows, the remarkahle golden bulla, in lier posses- sion, brought to this country by Dr. Middleton ; also another specimen of great interest, found near the road from Rome to Albano, and now belong- ing to Mr. Rogers. lie produced also a rare specimen of antique glass, in the possession of Mr. Dilke, in which are pourtrayed a mother with her son, the latter wearing the hulla.^ Mr. Yates' observations will be found in this volume. (See p. 166.) Professor Buckman gave the following account of the results of recent excavations at Cirencester ; and exhibited an assemblage of curious relics there discovered. " During the last winter excavations have been made in that part of Corinium, known as Watermoor, during which many objects of interest have been brought to light, and 1 take the opportunity of laying before the Institute a portion of the relics in question, comprising those formed of metal. At the same time I wish to offer a few remarks upon the site, as well as some notes upon the specimens now exhibited. The excavation in question was made in constructing cellars for six new houses, now building, and as nearly as I can now state, it was of the following proportions. — The length, about 100 feet — width, 25 feet — depth, 10 feet. On clearing away the earth for this space, it was found to consist entirely of shifted matter ; occasionally, however, a wall was found to traverse in some direction, made up of the usual materials of walls of Roman dwellings: — these walls were too imperfect to enable us to make out any regular plan. The made ground was full of portions oi jictilia, urns, amphorae (in abun- dance), ' Samian ' in great quantities, and many small earthen vessels, besides bricks, mostly flanged : all the pottery was much broken, but as the collection presented a great variety of form, and some remarkably fine specimens, which I have been enabled partially to repair, I purpose sending an account of these, when I can finish the necessary drawings. The pottery was intermixed with large quantities of oyster shells, and, with these, the shells of the mussel and whelk were occasionally found. Heaps of bones of the ox, deer, sheep, goat and boar, were also found at various parts of the diggings, whilst fragments of metal, pieces of metallic dross and slags, possibly from glass-making, formed a curious feature among these mingled materials. These were copiously interspersed with coins, of which I have nearly two hundred specimens, the descriptive details of which I shall hope to forward at another time. ]^ Archaeol. Journal, vol. vi. p. 10.9. formed at Winche.ster, during the Meeting • Tliis curious relic was exhibited by of the Institute in 184.5. See Museum Mr. I)ilke's kindness, in the Museum Catalogue, p. xxxix.