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Description: | The object is a cast lead or lead alloy ampulla. The ampulla is in poor condition, and has tears and crumples. Some of this damage may have occurred in antiquity as the surface of the tears has the same patina as the surface. Other crumples have a grey surface, which may suggest more recent damage. The ampulla has a rounded base in plan and a sub trapezoidal upper half. Both faces have feint decoration. One face has the outline of a five or six petalled flower. The other face has cross-hatching, but the overall design is unclear. The surface of the ampulla has developed a mottled beige coloured patina The length of the ampulla from the upper edge to the apex of the base is 43.64mm, the maximum width across the lower portion is 29.35mm, and the thickness of the base of the ampulla is 4.6mm. It weighs 33.9g.
Ampullae were used as a flask to hold holy water, becoming a souvenir of a pilgrimage; they date to the late 12th to 15th centuries (Spencer, B. 1990, Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum p, 57 ff). | 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
1500 | 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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