Caversham No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 07644CAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the A4074 in the outskirts of Reading
Historical Region: listed often as Berkshire
Century and Period: 4th - 5th century, Early Christian
Font Notes:
Reported in Frere (1989), Hassall & Tomlin (1989) and in Petts (2003) as a baptismal lead tank found in a well.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, lead
Font Shape: round?
Basin Interior Shape: round?
Basin Exterior Shape: round?

REFERENCES

Frere, S.S., "Roman Britain in 1988", 20, Britannia, 1989, pp. 319 and fig. 26; p. 319 and fig. 26
Hassall, M.W.C., "Inscriptions", 20, Britannia, 1989, pp. 333-334; p. 333-334
Petts, David, "Votive Deposits and Christian Practice in Late Roman Britain", The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe, AD 300-1300, York: York Medieval Press, 2003