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Description: | An incomplete Medieval cast lead alloy Ampulla (c.12th-15th century). It is the classic phial shape with a circular body which extends upwards into a slightly flared neck. Projecting on both sides of the ampulla at the junction between the neck and the body are the asttachment lugs, there is a broken attachment for the lug handle (historic break) on one side.On one side obverse, usually rounded face of the ampulla has been flattened and is now uneven and damaged and may have been deliberately pierced at the base. This is decorated with a design but it is unclear and worn. The reverse of the ampulla is largely flat and intact and is decorated with a quartered shield design, above the neck appears undecorated.Ampulla were either worn around the neck or often donated to the neighbourhood to be hung in the parish church. They come into use in the late twelfth century and feature as secondary relics in virtually every thirteenth century parish church. With the introduction of pilgrim badges in the fourteenth century, they become more stereotyped and less informal. This example dates to the medieval period, c.AD 1200 - AD1400, may be 15th Century.Length: 54.0mm; Width of bulb: 30.0mm; Width of neck: 20.0mm, Thickness: 6.0mm, Weight: 46.8g.Similar recorded onPAS KENT-DDF611.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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