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Description: | An incomplete pouch-shaped cast lead ampulla of Medieval date. It is damaged and partially flattened and both suspension lugs are missing.It has an elongated neck and oval shaped opening. The obverse face depicts the letter S (reversed) beneath a crown. The reverse has a moulded scallop shell motif.This ampulla measures 52.94mm in length, 27.66mm in width, 10.82mm in thickness, 46.44g in weight.The presence of scallop shell design on the reverse face of this ampulla signifies pilgrimage itself, while examples depicting the letter S (reversed) beneath a crown have been discovered in Ipswich, Suffolk, Witnesham, Suffolk and Kettlebey Thorpe, Lincs (Spencer, 1990, pp. 88, fig. 179).
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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