The Risley Park Silver Lanx

A Lost Antiquity from Roman Britain

Bibliographic Data

ID8883579
AuthorsCatherine Johns (0009-0004-5627-3646, corresponding author)
Year1981
Volume61
Issue1
Pages53-72
Publication date1981-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Antiquaries Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-5815 • E-ISSN: 1758-5309
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003581500029012
OpenAlexW2120547651
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited11

In 1729, a decorated fourth-century Roman silver dish bearing a Christian inscription was found at Risley Park, Derbyshire. Damaged when found, the fragments of the vessel were soon lost, but an illustrated account of it was published by William Stukeley in 1736. Stukeley and later authorities interpreted the inscription as implying that the dish had belonged to a late Roman church in France, and considered that it had been brought to Britain as loot in the Middle Ages. This paper presents a description and assessment of the Risley Park lanx in the light of the greater knowledge of late Roman silver plate now available, and makes the suggestion that the vessel may have been imported into Britain in the Roman period

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Late Antiquity · Middle Ages · Period (music · Roman Empire · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological Research and Protection · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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