Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
AMPULLA
Unique ID: NLM-B94891
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy ampulla or pilgrim badge fragment, as identified by finder. Cast flask-shaped vessel, crushed, subsequently patinated overall, and more recently torn. Suggested date: Later Medieval, 1350-1500.
Height: 63.1mm, Width: 36.3mm, Thickness (overall): 10.6mm, Weight: 91.99gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 63.1 mm
Width: 36.3 mm
Thickness: 10.6 mm
Weight: 91.99 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th September 2010
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM15748a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: High Risby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: NLM-7C1585
Object type: AMPULLA
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Lead alloy ampulla. Hollow cast ampulla with an unusually elongated tapering neck, a pair of open D shaped loops at either side of the base o…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NLM-210894
Object type: AMPULLA
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Lead Alloy
Pilgrim Badge. Cast ampulla retaining one crescentic handle, and with a wall of thickness 1.2mm where this is exposed. A motif …
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NLM-8DF096
Object type: AMPULLA
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Lead alloy ampulla fragment. Torn fragment from the bag-shaped lower part of a hollow cast pilgrim badge of flask-shaped form; patinated over…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618