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AMPULLA
Unique ID: LEIC-F70E84
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval lead alloy ampulla, 51mm long, 31mm wide and 9mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 60.80grams. It is a bag shaped ampulla with a circular body and a small lug at each side of the neck, one of which is still intact. The ampulla is decorated on one side, with a six petalled flower motif.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51 mm
Width: 31 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 60.8 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Market Harborough-Great Bowden and Arden (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7387
Four figure Latitude: 52.47605759
Four figure longitude: -0.92664921
1:25K map: SP7387
1:10K map: SP78NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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