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Description: | Medieval incomplete and damaged lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla. It has a rounded base from which a rectangular , neck protrudes, expanding in width to the top. It is now squashed flat, with the neck bent back over the body and 50% missing to old breaks. The top of the neck is very damaged with breaks and some loss of the original edge. There are stubs of suspension loops on either side at the junction of the neck and body. The front of the ampulla is decorated with a raised design of a crowned W. The back is part is decorated with moulded vertical lines raying out to the sides, in imitation of a scallop shell. It now measures 29.5mm long and 30.3mm wide. It is 5.1mm thick and weighs 23.90 g.Ampulla were designed to contain a draught of relic water, to be taken as cures or worn by suspension through the loops as a talisman (Spencer, 1998: 203). Spencer (ibid: 3) suggests that ampulla were popular in England from the second half of the 12th century until the early 14th century, when they were largely replaced by badges as the most popular type of pilgrimage momento. The crowned W suggests this is from the shrine of Our Lady at walsingham, one of the most important pilgrimmage sites in medieval England. Other ampullas of the same design from Somerset include: SOMDOR-BFFA03 and SOMDOR-C337D7
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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