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THE CORBRIDGE LAJvX. Uv C. W. KIXG. jr. A. The numerous vestiges of lloman occupation in the Xortliern ][arches, and especially near the line of the great 3rural Carrier, deservedly claim attention, not less for their remarkable number and variety of inscriptions and sculpture, than as examples of antique art highly decorated in ^vork- manship, and of unusual intrinsic value in their material. Besides the golden relics connected ^Yith the cidtm of the i)^(^ il/(7/;Y'.9, found near Xewcastlc and figured in this Journal/ the silver vessels brought to light in 1747 near Capheaton, Northumberland, enriched ^vitli a profusion of mythological subjects, hitherto unexplained,- numerous precious relics of lloman taste and luxury have been revealed near the great monumentof Roman subjugation, and the stations ;;«• lineani valli. Of these may specially be cited the beautiful patina of silver found in 173G, now unfortunately destroyed, the unique vestige, of its class, of Christianity in Britain at that early period, and bearing the monogram composed of the Greek letters X and P ; ^ and, lastly, the silver lan.v, to which the following observations relate. These two precious objects wei-e brought to light near Corstopitiim, Corbridge, on the Roman Wall. The land', in possession of the Duke of Northumberland, is familiar to many in our Society, not only b}-- numerous repre- sentations and notices in archaeological works, but chiefly thi'ough the kind courtesies of the liberal patron of our exer- ' Arch. Jouraal, vol. viii., p. 35. miuute bnoks of the Society of Auti- - They are figured iu the Archscologia, quaries of Loudou. See also Camden'^ Vol. XV. p. 393, plates xxx. — xxxiii. This Brit., ed. Gough, vol. iii. p. 509 ; and the reiuarkable treasure-trove is now in the " Lapidariuni," by Dr. Bruce, Xo. 653, British Museum. under " CorbriJge." ' A drawing has been preserved in the VOL. XXIX. I I