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Description: | Late medieval flask shaped lead ampulla. The ampulla has a flattish section and a sub-rectangular handle on each side. The bottom section of a crown design is just visible on one side of the ampulla and there is a depression in the centre between the two handles. The other side of the ampulla has the common scallop-shell motif. The badge would probably have been worn on a cord around the neck and was designed to contain holy water dispensed at many shrines and holy wells. The ampulla weighs 62.29g and measures 49.50mm in length, 32.83mm in width and 11.22mm in thickness. Similar examples can be seen in the Salisbury museum medieval catalogue, by Brian Spencer, pages 85-92. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Marshall, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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