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Description: | Incomplete lead alloy medieval ampulla. The remaining portion of this ampulla or flask is subcircular in plan, in that it has lost its rectangular neck section. The object is hollow but the walls have been pinched together. The broken edges are ragged, but smoothed over, which suggests damage occurred in antiquity. One side has a crescent shaped design running along the bottom and up the sides of the ampulla, within which is a series of small diagonal lines. The decoration of the other side consists of an arrow pointing downwards. The surfaces of the ampulla are abraded and the patina is a mid grey. It has a remaining length of 29.34mm, it is 27.76mm wide, 4.88mm thick (remembering that it is hollow) and weighs 12.7g. It dates to between the late 12th and 15th century. Examples of ampullae can be seen in Spencer, 1990, Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue, part 2, page 57-62 and 85-92, examples 127-146.
An ampulla is a miniature flask or phial that carried holy water dispensed to pilgrims at shrines and holy wells, and are basically a pilgrim souvenir. They could be suspended and worn around the pilgrim??s neck, or hung up in houses and barns. The water within them may have been in contact with a relic associated with different Saints, and the designs on the ampullas often reflected the figure or relic they were associated with. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Pooley, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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