Ipswich No. 8
INFORMATION
FontID: 08742IPS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Ipswich Museum
Church/Chapel: [not in a church]
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 1st - 5th century, Anglo-Roman
Cognate Fonts: Other such objects found in England
Font Notes:
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Described in Drake (2003): "a Romano-British cistern of almost identical proportions to those of the twelfth-century fonts. It bears the Chi-Rho sign and may have been used in some for ritual cleansing, if not for baptism". [NB: this may be the same object as the one listed as Ickleham No. 2 -- to be resolved]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal?, lead?
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Greek
Inscription Notes: the Greek letters chi and rho, a symbol for Christ
Inscription Location: on its side
Inscription Text: [Chi-Rho]
Inscription Source: Drake (2003: 345)
REFERENCES
Drake, Colin Stuart, "Romanesque Fonts in Kent: the French Connections", CXXIII, 2003, Archaeologia Cantiana, 2003, pp. 333-352; p. 345