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THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 405 iiig inscription : SiGiL : COM: S Petri Leonimontis. The form of the letters indicates a late date. — A curious object of bronze, found in Norfolk, tlie locality has not been stated : at the top is a strong ring, which gives it the appearance of having been the handle of some heavy vessel ; beneath this is a head and neck of a female, in high reUef. At the bottom of the neck is a sort of twisted collar, from which proceeds an ornament, covering the breast, spread out like the leaves of a fan, each leaf being ornamented with four small rings made with a punch ; on each side of the head is a projection, terminating in the head and snout of an animal, bearing some resemblance to a crocodile. — A large fibula of late Roman workmanship, found at Laken- heatli, Norfolk. (See wood-cut.) — A small circular fibula, from the same place. — A stone bead, found at Oxburgh, in the same county. — A string of beads, eighteen in number, of glass, amber, and vitreous paste, from Wangford, Suffolk. — An object of black stone, found with the accompanying bead, at the same place. In the " Guide to Northern Archaeology," edited by Lord Elles- mere, are mentioned " Touchstones, as they have been denominated, made of a black, close-grained species of slate, and apparently designed to be worn pendant. They are now often met with in very ancient graves, in which no traces of metal are discernible, for which reason the above appellation may not be the most appropriate," (p. 41). — A personal seal of brass, found at Cromer, bearing the letter L. — A personal seal of silver, found in Winchester, having two facets, and turning in the handle on a pivot. On one side are the letters A : S : surmounted by a cross, and surrounded by a sort of wreath of flowers ; on the other, the figure of a bird, also surmounted by a cross, and inclosed in like manner in a wreath. — A buckle and sheath of bronze, found in the vicarage garden at Swaft'ham. — A bronze pin, probably a stylus, ornamented at the top in fashion of a pine-cone. — Four " pulley -beads," found in an urn at Pensthorpe, Norfolk. There were sixteen of these remarkable ornaments. The urn in which they were found was stopped with clay, and filled with burnt bones. In it were also a small piece of yellowish glass, a piece of iron indurated with sj^nd and gravel, and small portions of pins of some hard wood, perhaps box. — An ornament, representing a cross and anchor combined. It is of base metal, set with eleven pieces of glass to imitate precious stones. By Mk. Thomas Haruison. — A matrix of jet, found on the farm called " Morallee," the property of Launcelot Allgood, Esq., in the parish of Warkc, Northumberland. Seals -'"^t ■'^tMi, of jet arc uncommon; an example found near Whitby Abbey was exhibited in the Museum formed at York, during the Meeting of the Institute in 1846. It is inscribed, " SIGILLUM OSBERTI