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Description: | A lead pouch shaped ampulla measuring 45mm in height and 28mm in width at its widest point, it is now squashed flat, the rim is folded over at one corner and it is missing both of its suspensory lugs. The obverse has a crowned letter 'W.' This 'W' stands for Walsingham, indeed ampulla alluding to Walsingham have nearly all been found in East Anglia. The reverse of the pouch is decorated with a scallop shell design. This ampulla is 15th century in date and it was a holy water container, 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,' similar ampulla have been found in the Thetford area, Norfolk (Mitchiner 1986, 138). | 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: | 1400
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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