Pot sherd with inscribed chi-rho symbol
Scratched into the surface of this jar sherd is a ‘chi-rho’ symbol. The jar may have been used in Christian ceremonies, and is the only known evidence for Christianity in Roman Devon.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 62/1949/GR1
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Fox, Aileen, Lady
- Material
- potteryBlack burnished ware
- Common Name
- pot sherd with inscribed chi-rho symbol
- Simple Name
- vessel (sherd)
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
- Production Year Low
- 330
- Production Year High
- 360
