Fig. 544.—Border of silver goblet; plaqué with gold and ornamented with figures in relief—viz., a double head with moustaches and helmets; a helmeted man crouching, with a dagger in his hand; two quadrupeds with manes; a horned animal; and three birds. Between the figures are dots, circles, and crosses. ] [Illustration: Fig. 545.—Silver cup. ½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 546.—Silver goblet, with repoussé work of silver plated with gold; similar to the Vallöby one. ⅓ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 547.—Flat basin or stewpan of bronze, containing two goblets of silver, &c. ⅙ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 548.—Bronze pail. ⅙ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 549.—Bronze vase, ¼ real size, with border upon which are engraved hunting scenes, a lion, two horses, a tiger or leopard, and two bucks, a dog and two deer; these animals are separated by trees and plants, the leaves of which, to judge from some traces, must have been silvered over. ] [Illustration: Fig. 550.—Part of the design round the border of vase, representing hunting scene. ½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 551.—Bronze fibula covered with gold, with an inscription scratched in earlier runes. ⅔ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 552.—Bronze fibula plated with embossed gold ornamented with 3 blue glass knobs and an oval piece of glass of the same colour. ⅔ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 553.—Fibula from Storeheddinge, Zeeland, showing the part missing in the one above. ⅔ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 554.—Gold ring of three spirals flattened and ornamented with heads of animals, found still adhering to the bone of the hand. Real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 555.—Ground plan of the Graveyard at Varpelev. ] At Varpelev, Zeeland, a grave was found covered by several slabs; it is nearly 4 yards long, 1¾ yard broad, the bottom being about 3 yards under the surface of the earth. Within lay the skeleton of a full-grown man, with its head to the S.S.W., and its feet to the N.N.E.; alongside of it were numerous objects, the most interesting of which are those of glass.[168] The graveyard at Varpelev is a low bank 200 feet long, 125 feet wide. The bodies were laid down, generally, in a bent position in the sand or gravel, in their clothes or grave-dress, but without a coffin. Old and young men, women and children lay buried here, and one corpse bears the mark of a heavy sword-cut. In the centre of this skeleton graveyard stood a single clay urn, containing burnt bones. At one place there was a bed made of paved stones burnt and smoked, which had evidently been used as a pyre. [Illustration: Fig. 556. ] [Illustration: Fig. 557. Grave at Varpelev. ]