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Description: | A lead or lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla of probable mid 14th to early 16th century AD date.
The object is bag-shaped and has become squashed but is otherwise intact. On each side, at the point where the trapezoidal upper section joins the circular bottom section is a small loop handle. On one side of the object the circular lower half is decorated with the raised design of a (possibly) crowned heart filled with closely-spaced lattice work. The opposite side is decorated with an eight-petalled flower. Very similar designs have been found on ampullae from Salisbury (for example B. Spencer, 1990, p.91, fig. 186), but the significance of such symbols is not yet known.
The object measures 45.6mm high by 30.8mm wide and 5.1mm thick. It weighs 41.56g. | 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: | 1350
1530 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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