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Medieval ampulla.
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Angie Bolton, 2012-07-10 21:39:24
Title
Medieval ampulla.
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An incomplete cast lead or lead alloy ampulla. In plan it is semi-circular as only the lower portion of the ampulla remains. There is a design on both faces, but the details are not clear. One face is missing a portion, and this does not appear to have occurred recently, and likewise with the damaged upper edge. The surface of the ampulla has developed a mottled light grey/cream coloured patina. Its length from the upper edge to the apex of the base is 27.66mm, the maximum width across the lower portion is 33.04mm, and the thickness of the base of the ampulla is 9.41mm. It weighs 27.9g.

Ampullae were used as a flask to hold holy water, becoming a souvenir of a pilgrimage; they generally date to the late 12th to 15th centuries (Spencer, B. 1990, Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum p, 57 ff).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Worcestershire
Date between 1175 and 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1175-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 511808
Old ref: WAW-C921D2
Filename: WAW-C921D2.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/388889
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/388889/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/511808
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 21 November 2020)
Object location52° 21′ 27″ N, 1° 56′ 29.47″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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