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Description: | An incomplete cast lead alloy ampulla or holy water carrier of Medieval date. It is missing both suspension lugs due to old breaks, and has a large hole in the back face. It is pouch-shaped. The front face is decorated with a Lombardic letter T within a circle, on a background of cross hatching. The reverse face has a scallop shell design fromed from numerous radiating lines. There are moulded transverse lines on front and back faces in line with the suspension lugs, with cross hatching between. The top of the neck is damaged.Spencer (1998: p. 123) notes the presence of the letter T on ampullae related to the Canterbury pilgrimage during the 15th century AD. It is probable that this example also relates to the Canterbury pilgrimage and is of similar date.
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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