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A Chi-Rho Graffito from Brandon House, Southwark

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2021

Eniko Hudak
Eniko Hudak*
Affiliation:
Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd [email protected]
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Abstract

Excavations at Brandon House, Southwark, uncovered a fragment of Roman pottery with a graffito identified as the Chi-Rho symbol, only the second example to be found in London. This note describes the find itself and its context, presents an overview of similar finds from Roman Britain and offers a glimpse into the significance of the sherd as evidence for Christianity in Roman Britain and its place in the dynamic religious landscape of Roman Southwark.

Keywords

Roman potteryChristianityreligionsymbolsgraffiti
Type
Shorter Contributions
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Britannia , Volume 52 , November 2021 , pp. 364 - 368
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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