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Description: | In plan the ampulla has rounded base, a slightly narrowed neck and a slightly flared upper edge. Either side of the narrowed neck there is are incomplete lug, one lug is higher than the other. The obverse has a crown the lining of which is hatched. The crown above the band has a large central lis, decoration either side is indistinguishable. The reverse is decorated with a high-relief shield. The shield has a fess as a device. The fess is decorated with obliquely angled parallel lines. In the three corners of the shield there is a lis. Along the upper edge of the shield there is a ?scroll-like design, but the detail is unclear. The ampulla appears to be quite thick walled, and the upper edge still pinched close. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1066
1540 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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