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Description: | A lead ampulla with a rounded base and small pierced triangular lug on one side. It would have had another lug on the opposite side but this has broken off. The rounded part of the ampulla is decorated with raised motifs on a circular field of cross-hatching. On one side is a crown with a jewelled band. On the other is the letter W (probably with a crown above although this is obscured by soil).An identical ampulla is illustrated in Spencer 1990 p.89 fig.180. A connection with the Walsingham pilgrimage has been suggested, with the W standing for Walsingham or intended as a double V for Virgo Virginum (Spencer 1990, 60 no. 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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