Caversham No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07644CAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 4th - 5th century, Early Christian
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A4074 in the outskirts of Reading
Historical Region: listed often as Berkshire
Font Notes:
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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, p. 110-111