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AMPULLA
Unique ID: DENO-C57BF7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy ampulla of medieval date (c. AD 1250 -1550). The object is tongue-shaped. There are two suspension lugs which appear to be unpierced. The end of the lead 'bag' is open, possibly cut open below the crimping that would have sealed in the thaumaturgic liquid. It is also possible that this ampulla is unused, because, in addition to the unpierced lugs, there appears to be untrimmed casting flash around some edges. One face is decorated with a cross pattée in raised outline. The other side is decorated with radiating lines and hatching surmounted by a row of inverted triangles. This may represent an Archiepiscopal mantle, which is suggestive of the shrine of Thomas Becket.
Length 55.6 mm, Width 37.5 mm, Thickness 4.2 mm Weight 50.9
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 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.6 mm
Width: 37.5 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 50.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th April 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8810
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: Boston (District)
Parish or ward: Swineshead (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF2440
Four figure Latitude: 52.94307241
Four figure longitude: -0.15613806
1:25K map: TF2440
1:10K map: TF24SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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