AMPULLA
Unique ID: KENT3744
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published 
Lead pilgrim's ampulla, with quatrefoil floral motif. Lugs broken, but otherwise complete and more or less undamaged. Medieval, probably 14th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Length: 51 mm
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Quantity: 1
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Recorded by: Dr Michael
Lewis
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Identified by: Dr Michael
Lewis - [view all attributed records]
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East And London
County: Kent
District: Shepway
To be known as: KENT BROOKLAND
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Other[scope notes]
Specific landuse: Unknown[scope notes]
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Created:
Tuesday 28th August 2001
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
