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would have been carried out, the purpose for which they were first
begun having been effected. The Research Fund of the Society of
Antiquaries later repaid this expense, and the result must be considered
satisfactory; during November six more groups in all were unearthed,
pieces numbered 20 to 37 being recovered, as well as evidence of burials
by inhumation among the later finds.
GROUP V.
No. 20. Base of an URN; clay similar to fragment A.
No. 21. Base of (?) URN grey clay.
No. 22. BEAKER, 2¾ in. diameter, 4¼ in. high; fine grey
clay. Colchester Mus., Joslin Coll., group 59, 322;
pomegranate form; second century.
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GROUP VI.
No. 23. Cup, 3⅝ in. diameter, 2 in. high; terra
sigillata ware with a good glaze. Conforms to late second
century type. Atilianus in Pudding Pan Rock Series, Proc. Soc.
Antiq., xxi., xxii.; dated in Antonine Period, A.D. 160-190.
No. 24. FLASK or BOTTLE, 4⅝ in. diameter, 5¾ in. high;
good clay with black core, reddish near surface, and black
coated. Colchester Mus., Joslin Coll., group 49, 284; A.D.
50-100; moulded foot.
No. 25. OLLA-SHAPED BEAKER, 3 in. diameter, 3¼ in. high;
similar clay to last, but with blacker coating. Second century type.
No. 26. Lower portion of URN, about 9½ in. diameter;
similar clay to the two foregoing.
These last were all from 2 ft. to 2¼ ft. below the
surface, but the next group, No. VII., was about 3 ft. down. The three
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