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Description: | Cast lead ampulla. The obverse has a crowned W in a plain field. The outer edge has transverse moulded lines. The reverse has a wheel-like quatrefoil device with two horizontal mouldings above with transverse mouldings between. One handle missing, the other is bent and distorted. Damage to lower edge and rim. L: 53 W: 31.5 T: 5.5 Wt: 36.68g.
Ampullae bearing the crowned W motif have tentatively been associated with the cult of Our Lady of Walsingham; the relatively large number of these ampullae, and their wide distribution, certainly suggest a shrine of major importance. The crown is the emblem of the Virgin as Queen of Heaven and while it is likely that the W stands for Walsingham, it may also have a meaning as double V (Virgo Virginium). (Spencer 1990, 60-61). | 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: | 1300
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sally Worrell | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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