Tile with incised letters of Roman alphabet
This tile contains some of the earliest writing from Devon. Along the top edge are the first letters of the Roman alphabet: IABCDIIFF. The tile was made in Exeter and used in the hypocaust of the legionary bath-house.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 860/1989/1
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- ceramic | | | |
- Common Name
- tile with incised letters of Roman alphabet
- Simple Name
- tile
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
- Production Town
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- 55
- Production Year High
- 65
