▁Fa un us ▁A use cus ') ▁are ▁eng ra ved ▁in ▁the ▁bow ls ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁co ch lear ia ▁and ▁c ign i . ▁ ▁The ▁ep ith ets ▁or ▁by - names ▁applied ▁to ▁Fa un us ▁in ▁the ▁ins cri ptions ▁have ▁been ▁identified ▁as ▁containing ▁C elt ic ▁( G a ul ish ▁or ▁British ) ▁lingu istic ▁elements , ▁supporting ▁the ▁supp osition ▁that ▁any ▁cult ▁of ▁Fa un us ▁which ▁they ▁represent ▁was ▁Rom ano - B rit ish , ▁not ▁one ▁that ▁consisted ▁of ▁dev ote es ▁from ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁the ▁Roman ▁Empire . ▁ ▁The ▁ins cri ptions ▁were ▁discussed ▁in ▁the ▁published ▁catalog ue ▁by ▁the ▁late ▁Kenneth ▁Jackson . ▁ ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁suggested ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁unlikely ▁that ▁these ▁items ▁were ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁ordinary ▁domestic ▁d ining , ▁and ▁that ▁their ▁event ual ▁de position ▁may ▁be ▁interpreted ▁as ▁a ▁rit ual ▁act ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁practical ▁one ▁( See ▁Religion ▁in ▁An cient ▁Rome ). ▁ ▁However , ▁since ▁both ▁pag an ▁and ▁Christian ▁ins cri ptions ▁are ▁regularly ▁found ▁on ▁Roman ▁j ew ell ery ▁and ▁domestic ▁table ware , ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁actual ▁motiv ation ▁for ▁the ▁conce al ment ▁of ▁the ▁Th et ford ▁material ▁itself ▁is ▁unknown , ▁this ▁view ▁is ▁open ▁to ▁debate . ▁ ▁The ▁unusual ▁composition ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁of ▁gold ▁objects ▁is ▁actually ▁somewhat ▁better ▁evidence ▁of ▁a ▁non - dom estic ▁background ▁than ▁the ▁decor ation ▁and