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AMPULLA
Unique ID: NLM-A94C21
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy pilgrim badge. Cast bag shaped ampulla with a small handle lug flattened against one side of the neck, and with a series of nicks along the edge above and below the lug. One side of the body bears a faint chevron pattern. The top is partly opened; here the vessel sides are 2.2mm thick. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Medieval, 1250-1500.
Height: 52.8mm, Width: 35.7mm, Thickness (overall): 5.3mm, Weight: 49.85gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 52.8 mm
Width: 35.7 mm
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 49.85 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 8th November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM19260a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Wickenby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0982
Four figure Latitude: 53.323709
Four figure longitude: -0.364991
1:25K map: TF0982
1:10K map: TF08SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 0.1 metre square.
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