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Description: | A Medieval lead ampulla, incomplete due to old breaks. It is a lower part of a round pouch-shaped ampulla, or hollow container designed to bring back Holy Water from a shrine. The upper edges and side lugs are missing due to old breaks. There are two small, circular perforations made from the outside through to the inside ,very close to the upper edge on one side of the ampulla. The surfaces are worn, and no traces of moulded patterns or designs are visible. The ampulla measures 34.56mm in surviving length, 30.7mm in width, 7.6mm in thickness and weighs 29.22g. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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