Wikimedia Commons

File:Medieval ampulla (plan and reverse). (FindID 189643).jpg

Original file ‎(2,250 × 1,096 pixels, file size: 236 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

edit
Medieval ampulla (plan and reverse).
Photographer
Birmingham Museums Trust, Angie Bolton, 2007-08-10 12:40:50
Title
Medieval ampulla (plan and reverse).
Description
English: A cast lead or lead alloy ampulla. In plan it is sub-drop shape with a straight upper edge. Just below the upper edge the neck of the ampulla is slightly waisted with the remains of a lug either side, which were broken, but not recently. The ampulla has, in profile a slightly swollen rounded base and neck. Both lower faces of the ampulla are decorated, but the designs are not clear. The surface of the ampulla has developed a light grey/cream coloured patina. Its length from the upper edge to the apex of the base is 36.48mm, the maximum width across the lower portion is 29mm wide, and the thickness of the base of the ampulla is 13.53mm at the neck. It weighs 44.6g. Ampullae were used as a flask to hold holy water, becoming a souvenir of a pilgrimage; they date to the late 12th to 15th centuries (Spencer, B. 1990, Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum p, 57 ff). The origin of this ampulla is not known.
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
Accession number
FindID: 189643
Old ref: WAW-C23733
Filename: WAW-C23733.jpg
Credit line
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/147079
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/147079/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/189643
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License
Object location52° 03′ 02.88″ N, 2° 11′ 08.02″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

edit
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current03:45, 5 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 03:45, 5 February 20172,250 × 1,096 (236 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, WAW, FindID: 189643, medieval, page 5237, batch sort-updated count 54556

You cannot overwrite this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Medieval_ampulla_(plan_and_reverse)._(FindID_189643).jpg&oldid=545149798"