Archaeologia cantiana . sels, as they were dis-persed during the washing operation, before theywere seen by me. The heights of the vessels are—No. 1, 4^ inches; No. 2, inches; No. 3, 6 inches;No. 4, 3| inches; No. 5, 7 inches; No. 6, 3| inches;No. 7, 6 inches. The cover of No. 5 is a patera of the Samianpattern, but of different material. It is of a purplishhue, and has an attempt at a potters mark on theinterior; the familiar letters O E only being urn itself is different; coarse in material, andbrown in colour. The urns Nos. 6 and 7 and theircovers are of compact material, with s
Archaeologia cantiana . sels, as they were dis-persed during the washing operation, before theywere seen by me. The heights of the vessels are—No. 1, 4^ inches; No. 2, inches; No. 3, 6 inches;No. 4, 3| inches; No. 5, 7 inches; No. 6, 3| inches;No. 7, 6 inches. The cover of No. 5 is a patera of the Samianpattern, but of different material. It is of a purplishhue, and has an attempt at a potters mark on theinterior; the familiar letters O E only being urn itself is different; coarse in material, andbrown in colour. The urns Nos. 6 and 7 and theircovers are of compact material, with smooth surface,of a purplish hue. The other vessels are coarser. There are one or two points of interest attachingto this deposit. Mr. Roach Smith, in his paper*entitled Remains of Roman R ottery on the Ranks ofthe Medway, etc., alludes to the fact that funerealdeposits had been discovered in the upper ground; * See Collectanea Antigua, vol. vi. The position of Nor Marshis shewn in the map which accompanies that l. 2. 3. 4. 110 ROMAN URNS FOUND NEAR RAIN HAM CREEK. but not in the lower or marsh ground where thesevessels were found, within a few feet of the watersedge. He adds that this lower ground is higher nowby 2 or 3 feet than it was in the time of the Romanoccupation. His opinion is supported, I think, bythe great depth at which this discovery was made,viz., 10 to 12 feet below the surface. That it was afunereal deposit there can be no doubt from theorderly disposition of the vessels, and from thecontents of at least three of them. It will be ob-served that three of the vases have the peculiarityof having lids or covers, two of which were evidentlymade for the purpose. I do not remember meetingwith any such before. No other articles of domesticuse or ornament than the smaller vessels were Roach Smith, in concluding his paper abovementioned, leads us to expect something further fromhis pen in connection with discoveries in this is to be hoped
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