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Description: | A medieval lead alloy ampulla dating from the 14th - 15th century AD. It has a round body and a broad neck the top of which remains crimped shut. There is one triangular suspension loop remaining; the other has broken away and is missing. Both sides of the body carry moulded decoration. One side has a double border within which are a series of short angled lines and inside the circle formed by this border are a series of crudely moulded, narrow vertical lines. These perhaps represent a scallop shell. Above this, across the neck, are three narrow, transverse lines, also quite crudely moulded, and crossed by at least two vertical lines.The other side also has the double border with angled lines, though much of this part of the design is now lost. At the base of the neck, and breaking the upper rim of the circle, is a horizontal row of three pellets, one of which is now missing. There are a further two pellets, aligned vertically, in the centre of the circle, and a cross (X) of raised lines below them. Across the neck on this side of the ampulla is a band formed by two transverse lines. This band is divided into three panels, the central panel being rectangular and those on the ends square. The end panels each contain a saltire and the central panel three pairs of angled lines alternating left and right.The ampulla has a well developed light cream patina and has sustained a split in one face.It is 51.8mm long, 33.7mm wide and 5.9mm thick. It weighs 33.55gm.This is probably one of the unassigned ampullae, not attributable to any shrine, that are discussed in Spencer (2010, pages 203 - 205)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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