Everything about The Water Newton Treasure totally explained
The
Water Newton Treasure is a
hoard of
Roman silverware, discovered near the Roman town of
Durobrivae at
Water Newton in the
English county of
Cambridgeshire. The nature of the objects suggests they may have been used in a local church.
The hoard of
4th century Roman silver was discovered during ploughing in February
1975. It was probably buried by an inhabitant of the nearby
Roman fortified garrison town of
Durobrivae. The silver plates and bowls, votive tokens engraved and embossed with the
labarum (the chi-rho cross), and an unengraved standing two-handled cup of the form (
cantharus) later used as
chalices comprise the earliest probable group of Christian liturgical silver yet found in the
Roman Empire. Due to the importance of this find, it's now in the
British Museum, with replicas at
Peterborough Museum.
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