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Description: | Cast lead ampulla, in very good condition. It is bag-shaped, with a long neck and both lugs or handles are complete. The decoration comprises on one side a compass-drawn six-petalled flower within a circular border. This side is further enhanced with a chevron pattern along the edge. The other side has a shield within a circular border with zig-zag lines up to the edge. The shield has five chevron bands, some infilled with decoration. What shrine or holy well it was brought from is unknown. It is late 12th to 14th century in date. | 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: | 1175
1350 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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