service. The circles on the birds also appear to have
a line across, like the fourth letter given as illustrating
the early Arabian alphabet.
SOAPSTONE BOW L W IT H COED PA T T E R N
Of the other fragments of bowls we found, one
has a well-executed cord pattern running round it,
FRAGM EN T OF SOAPSTONE BOW L
another a herring-bone pattern alternating with what
would appear to be a representation of the round
P L A IN SOAPSTONE BOWL W IT H H O L E
tower ; and besides these there are several fragments of
what have been perfectly plain bowls, notably one
large one, the diameter of which is outside 2 feet and
inside 1 foot 8 inches. The edges of this bowl are
very carefully bevelled and the bottom rounded, and
it is a very fine specimen of workmanship, the whole
P L A IN SOAPSTONE BOW L
of which we were able to recover saving a portion of
the bottom. Another plain bowl has a round hole
pierced through its side, and another fragment is
FRAGM EN T O F BOW L W IT H KNOBS
made of a'-reddish' soft of soapstone with oxide of
iron in it. The tool marks ón these bowls point to
very fine instruments having been used in carving
them;“ Altogether thèse bowls fire amongst the most