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Ampulla
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Rod Trevaskus, 2017-02-01 08:17:19
Title
Ampulla
Description
English: A cast lead alloy medieval pilgrimage ampulla or flask c. 1100 - 1500 AD. The ampulla has a damaged top with what may be described as 'bite marks' to both sides of that top edge, as if to re-seal the vessel but the indentations are too small to have been made by teeth! One broken suspension loop remains, the other is missing.

One face of the flask depicts a heart shaped motif, infilled with a fine cross hatch and a floriate central stem to the top, which may represent the centre outline of a crown. The other side has significant lead erosion, leaving no outline of possible design detail. This 'strawberry' like heart is a common motif and similar, hearts have been found on ampulla found in Salisbury (Spencer 1990, 91; ref. 186). The heart motif has been found on ampullae in Salisbury (Spencer 1990:91 no 186), London, Maltby Springs, Lincs. and Brandon in Suffolk (ibid., 60; no 132), and in many other locations. It is thought perhaps to relate to Bromholm Priory, Norfolk.

The surface is oxidised and eroded with a light grey/white patina.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 1100 and 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 828111
Old ref: BERK-1996B1
Filename: DI001.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/599692
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/599692/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/828111
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Object location51° 43′ 21″ N, 1° 23′ 31.67″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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