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Description: | A Medieval lead ampulla or holy water carrier. It is pouch-shaped, and cracked across a fold where the top half is bent over. The obverse shows a crowned initial W , with a single encircling line border, linking the ampulla to Walsingham. The reverse bears the allover pattern of the scallop shell design. The ampulla is 48.85mm in (unbent)length and 28.44mm wide. It weighs 26.82g. A similar ampulla from the Thetford area is illustrated in Mitchiner 1986, p138, no.397. | 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 | Creator: | Jane Carr | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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