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 THK ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 107 shown by tlic woodcut (p. 10(3); the amiular part, which is diviilcil in the middle, is flat and thin. This object, the intention of which it is difficult to explain, appears identical in its character with that found on the Sussex Downs, between Lewes and Brighton, with a pair of massive armlets, and a singular curved rod of bronze, represented in the Sussex Archa3ological Collections, vol. ii., p. 26.5. It claims attention as a novel type, hitherto not satisfactorily explained, to be added to the series of relics connected with the " Bronze Period." Another ancient object preserved at Chilton Polden, and found at King's Sedgemoor, near Somerton, a locality where numerous Roman remains have been brought to light, is the piece of bone here represented, (orig. size) on which is scored the name APlvlLIS. It is evidently the moiety of the handle of a knife or tool used by some Roman artificer ; and the name, it may interest some readers of the Journal to be reminded, occurs as a potter's mark on mortaria found in London, as also on " Saniian " ware.' By Mr. Brackstone. — Two Irish bronze weapons, a narrow blade nearly 20 inches in length, formed with three ridges ; another, suited for the purposes of a dagger or a knife, length nearly 8 inches. Also a signet ring of white metal, found at Limerick Cathedral, the impress in Greek letters — ^ iwAN ToPr?? — ?I van or John, son of George. Below arc some characters, difficult to decyphcr, possibly the date when the ring was engraved. By the Rev, C. R. Manning. — Impressions in gutta percha from a small gold huUa, or pendant ornament, found at Palgrave, near Diss, in Suffolk. It is formed of several rings of gold wire, or filigree, soldered together, and encircling a little globe in the centre. The loop for suspen- sion is formed by a narrow strip of gold, which, as shown in the woodcuts, passes across the reverse side of the ornament, to which it is soldered in the centre, and at the lower extremity, where it was turned back, so as (in its present state) not to project beyond the margin of the circle. As, however, it is broken off square at this lower extermity, the original adjustment of that pai-t is uncertain. Mr. Manning considers this curious little pendant, now in his possession, to be of the Saxon period. It seems to be of the same class as the pendants found in tumuli in Kent (Douglas, Nenia, pi. 10, 21). A beautiful example, discovered by Lord Londesborough, is given in Mr. Akerman's Archa;oloo;ical Index." The smaller ornaments of ' See Mr. Roach Smith's Collectanea, vol. i., pp. 14.0, 150. " Plate xvii., lig. 13. See an account of the discoverv, ArchaDologia, vol. .... p. 47.