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Description: | Medieval pilgrim's ampulla. Cast in lead, the ampulla has been flattened, and has damaged around the neck and rim. The neck is sub-rectangular, being wider at the rim. There is an openwork triangular lug to either side of the base of the rim. The lower half of the ampulla is circular. The ampulla is decorated on both faces. There is a double line with small diagonal lines in between extending between the two lugs. Both faces contain a circle filled with cross-hatch, surrounded by diagonal lines radiating out to the edge of the ampulla. Both of the cross-hatched circles contain a central motif; one face has a crowned initial 'W' perhaps relating this ampulla to Our Lady of Walsingham. The other face has a central crown; The crown is formed of a circular base, with four arches at the top. The crown is decorated with three triangles, the left triangle has three pellets arranged around it giving the appearance of a lis, while the three pellets around the right triangle are more spaced out and irregularly positioned. The ampulla is 51.53mm long, 35.90mm wide, 7.08mm thick and weighs 34.76 grams. An example of this combination of devices can be found illustrated in Spencer (1990, 89; ref. 180). For further discussion see the 'Notes' section below.
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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