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AMPULLA
Unique ID: WMID-7A35C1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead pilgrim's ampulla of medieval date. The ampulla is broken, missing it's top. It is flask shaped and hollow. One side is depressed and is decorated with a crown above a lozengiform motif with something in the centre. The central element does not appear to be a letter, common on many pilgrim's ampullae, but may possibly be a plume or foliage, although it is difficult to make out. The other side of the ampulla is cracked and very worn but does not appear to have been decorated. Due to the wear the specific shrine whence this ampulla came has not yet been determined. It measures 30.5 mm from its base to the broken top, 31.9 mm wide and 6.8 mm thick. It weighs 18.8 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1175
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.5 mm
Width: 13.9 mm
Thickness: 6.8 mm
Weight: 18.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Thursday 1st July 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: King's Bromley (Civil Parish)
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