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AMPULLA
Unique ID: LEIC-808A1E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval lead alloy ampulla, 48mm long, 38mm wide and 13mm thick with a weight of 64.97g.
The ampulla is 'bag shaped' with a sub rectangular form and rectangular cross section. It has a flat rectangular upper section which has a sub triangular suspension loop attached at each edge. Below this the object is sub -circular in form. It is decorated on one side with a raised double armed cross. The corresponding side is covered in rows of incised chevrons.
The double-barred cross is sometimes known as a cross of Lorraine, or a patriarchal cross. It appears to be Byzantine in inspiration and has been associated with the Knights Templar, and with relics such as the Holy Rood of Bromholm, which was brought from Constantinople to Norfolk in the early 13th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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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: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Broughton and Old Dalby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6623
Four figure Latitude: 52.80053039
Four figure longitude: -1.02250842
1:25K map: SK6623
1:10K map: SK62SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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