Bishop's Norton / Bishop Norton

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B01: inscription

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 12539BIS
Church/Chapel: [not in a church]
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 16 km WNW of Market Rasen
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 4th century (?), Early Christian / Anglo-Roman
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead tank
Cognate Fonts: similar though not identical lead tanks found in Walesby (Lincs.) and Wellingborough (Nhants.)
Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Part of a late Roman baptismal tank was found at Bishop Norton, like that from Walesby [...], but bearing a partial inscription. It is one of a number of early Christian lead tanks and suggests the presence of a cult centre, perhaps based in a villa." Listed in Taylor ([2006?]) in a group of Roman decorated tanks discovered in the East Midlands (Walesby, Bishop Norton, Caistor, Brough, Thorpe by Newark and Rushton).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, lead
Number of Pieces: fragment

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989
Taylor, Jeremy, "An Archaeological Resource Assessment and Research Agenda for the Roman Period in the East Midlands [draft research agenda]", [2006?]