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AMPULLA

Unique ID: LIN-0E5D75

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Complete lead pilgrims ampulla, broken into two pieces at the neck. The break has been caused by a central piercing that was probably done by stabbing a knife through the neck of the ampulla to release the holy water it contained. The neck is crimped together. On one side of the ampulla is a a moulded scallop shell decoration, with a moulded figure on the neck. The figure is depicted kneeling with his left knee put forward and his left arm stretching out for something. The kneeling figure is depicted upside down, i.e. his head is towards the scallop shell base. On the other side is a hatched border and two raised inner circles containing a vessel or a phial on a hatched background.

The depiction of the vessel on the base is unusual, and interestingly a similar one was found not too far away at Skendleby, Lincolnshire. This example is recorded on the Portable Antiquities Schemes'database as LIN-51B5E5. Another ampulla depicting a vessel was also found at Yaxley, Suffolk, recorded also on the database as SF-7B3C20.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 60 mm
Width: 29 mm
Thickness: 6 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF4592
Four figure Latitude: 53.404904
Four figure longitude: 0.179701
1:25K map: TF4592
1:10K map: TF49SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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

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