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Description: | Partly distorted lower part of a medieval lead ampulla. On one face a Spencer (1971) Type II scallop shell. On the other within a hatched circular frame the letter H on a cross-hatched ground. Height and width 28mm. Mid 14th - early 16th century.Similar ampullae have been found in Norfolk, Great Dunham (HER 49128, NMS-005522), Heacham (HER 51073, NMS-19F692) and Welney (HER 4437, NMS585). A greater number have been recorded from Lincolnshire (LIN-5064D2, LIN-797325, LIN-67DEC6, LIN-625C14, NLM-4698, NLM-6BA294, NLM-F3CCB2).The signifiance of the letter H is uncertain. Would it be too fanciful to suggest that it stands for St Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln (1186-1200, canonised 1220)? His tomb was certainly an important centre of pilgrimage in the late Middle Ages.
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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