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AMPULLA

Unique ID: SF-7B3C20

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Broken portion of the belly of a flask-shaped ampulla, a smallish example, 27mm broad and 6mm thick, and 26mm high from the base of the vessel to the base of the neck, where it is broken off. Although smaller than Mitchiner's example, the decoration on this is clearly similar to that on his no 403, p.141, where one side shows an open bottle or pouch within a crescentic or sub-circular frame, and with outer zones of chevron ornament alternately barred. The other side shows the base of the 'long arrow' of Walsingham, with its tip in the form of a letter V. This example was found near to another with a seven-petalled rose pattern, and a third with a compass-drawn pattern of six petals. All may have been deposited ritually in a field-blessing context. See counterpart records SF-7B7E74 and SF-7AECF5.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 14.49 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th July 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Yaxley

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Mitchiner, M.	1986	Medieval Pilgrim and Secular Badges		Hawkins Publications	141	Walsingham

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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