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Description: | Medieval pilgrim??s souvenir; cast lead ampulla of late 13th or early 14th century date. The ampulla has a simple rounded body with short, narrow, flaring neck. It is flat on one face and convex on the other. The convex face has the remains of some cast decoration, namely an area of cross-hatching visible on the neck and the suggestion of a small lozenge in the centre of the body with some pellets above and possibly an inverted V at the top. However, this decoration is too partial and indistinct to allow any interpretation. The ampulla has been damaged while buried with a whole section of one side of the body cut away and missing. The metal has an even, thick, cream-white patina over its surface, including the edges of the break which suggests that it is not terribly recent damage.
Height 58.4mm, width 35.6mm, neck width 19.3mm, thickness 9.6mm, weight 52.1g
Ref: Spencer ??Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges?? (pp. 203-207) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rohde, Anja | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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