The Antiquaries Journal Being the Journal of the Society of Antiquaries of London Vol. XX July 1940 No. 3 CONTENTS PAGE Anniversary Address, by A. W. Clapham, C.B.E., F.B.A., President 317 A Gold Ring with Runes from Central Europe, by E. T. Leeds, F.S.A • 329 A Panel of Celtic Ornament from Elmswell, East Yorkshire, by Philip Corder, F.S.A., and C. F. C. Hawkes, F.S.A. 338 Two Early Linch-pins from Kings Langley, Herts., and from Tiddington, Stratford-on-Avon, by J. B. Ward Perkins, F.S.A 358 A Tournament Helm in Melbury Sampford Church, by James G. Mann, F.S.A 368 Notes {see list on next page) 380 Reviews {see list on next page) 388 Periodical Literature; Bibliography; Proceedings . 406 PUBLISHED BY HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE CAPETOWN BOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS Quarterly: Price Five Shillings net Annual Subscription, i$s.6d. post free All communications on Editorial matters and books for review should be addressed to Downloadedth frome Assistan https://www.cambridge.org/coret Secretary, Societ. IP address:y of Antiquaries 170.106.202.8, on, Burlingto 25 Sep 2021 nat 04:28:36House, ,subject London to the, CambridgeW. 1 Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581500021508 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN NOTES Recent discoveries, including Roman graffito, at Mount Batten, Plymouth, 380.—Unrecorded Saxon Cemetery at Thurnham, Kent, 380.—The Balance-beam from Ronaldsway, Isle of Man, 382.—A Romano-British iron steelyard from Clipsham, Rutland, 385.—A medieval armorial brooch, 387.—Royal Historical Society: Alexander Prize, 387. REVIEWS Salzman, The Victoria History of the County of Oxfordshire, Vol. I . 388 Rostovtzeff, Brown, and Welles, The Excavations at Dura-Europos conducted by Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters . 390 Schaeffer, Ugaritica, etudes relatives aux decouvertes de Ras Shatnra, I . 392 Hawkes, The Prehistoric Foundations of Europe to the Mycenean Age . 394 Wagner, Heralds and Heraldry in the Middle Ages 398 Clark, Archaeology and Society 399 Serner, On 'Dyss' Burial and Beliefs about the Dead during the Stone Age, with special regard to South Scandinavia. ...... 400 Corder, Excavations at Elmswell, East Yorkshire, 1938 . .401 Raglan, How came Civilization ? 403 Chart, A Preliminary Survey of the Ancient Monuments of Northern Ireland 404 Hodgkin, A History of the Anglo-Saxons ....... 405 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.202.8, on 25 Sep 2021 at 04:28:36, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581500021508.