File:Flask (FindID 55566).jpg

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Flask
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, David Williams, 2003-11-05 10:45:07
Title
Flask
Description
English: A miniature two-handled vessel with rounded base and beaded rim, cast in one piece. The vessel's Latin inscription (OLEVM CHRISM) is crudely applied, and the final M is a little unclear due to wear.. The terminals and the junctions of some of the letters have been marked out with punched or drilled dots. A small part of the rim and neck opposite the inscription is missing. This vessel appears to have been intended to hold holy oil (chrism) and presumably comes from a travelling chrismatory, or set of three holy oils used in the medieval church: oleum infirmorum for the sick; oleum catechumenorum for baptism; and chrisma or balm, used for confirmation, ordination and certain consecrations. There is no obvious 'A' at the end of the inscription. From the style of the lettering, and in particular the square 'C' and 'E', the object is tentatively dated to before c.1200.

They have hitherto been known as 'mercury flasks' due to a suggestion that they may have contained this metal.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Surrey
Date between 1100 and 1200
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 55566
Old ref: SUR-FA2AB0
Filename: 03.282a.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/12043
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/12043/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/55566
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Object location51° 15′ 25.2″ N, 0° 28′ 58.19″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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