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Description: | 1: A lead pouch shaped ampulla measuring 48mm in height and 31.5mm in width at its widest point, it weighs 32.88g. One face is decorated with a eight petalled flower, each petal is a pointed oval in shape, and the other has an oval shaped panel decorated with cross-hatching and a deisgn at either end which canno longer be clearly seen due to wear. One triangular side lug is complete but distorted and the other is missing due to old breaks. The mouth of the ampulla is also damaged and incomplete. 2: A lead pouch shaped ampulla, incomplete with only the lower half surviving. Measuring 25.6mm in height and 30.6mm in width at its widest point, it weighs 14.77g. One face is decorated with thr longitudinal grooves which presumably represent a shell, and the other has a oval shaped outline but any other details on this face are lost due to wear. These ampulla are 15th century in date and may have been holy water containers, many of these are found unconnected with religious sites in East Anglia and it is thought that they could have been used and discarded in the ceremony of 'blessing the fields' (Mitchiner 1986, 138).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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