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Description: | A complete cast lead alloy ampulla, dating to the Medieval to Post Medieval periods (1066-1800 AD). It measures 49.26mm in length; 35.23mm in width; and weighs 39.2 grams. This ampulla is flask-shaped and has been squashed flat. Both of the handles are complete and triangular in shape; one is now bent around to the side. The handles would have allowed the ampulla to be suspended from a cord or chain around the wearer's neck. Both faces of the ampulla are decorated; one face is decorated with narrow transverse bands of oblique lines alternating with broader bands with widely-spaced oblique lines and pellets, within bordering band of oblique lines on the angled outside edges. The other face carries a shield bearing two chevrons, framed by bordering band of oblique bands of oblique lines on the angled outside edges, the decoration above the shield is as on the other face. Similar ampullas on the database are SF10438, NMS-23FA41 and MNS-33B072 and this one dates to between c. 1350-1530 AD (cf. Spencer 1990, 57-58, 89, Fig 180).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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