Inkwell
The shape of this Roman pottery vessel suggests it was used as an inkwell. The Roman army brought reading and writing to Devon so this item is one of the earliest surviving pieces of evidence for literacy in the region.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 164/1993/9
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- potterygrey ware
- Common Name
- inkwell
- Simple Name
- inkwell
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
