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Medieval ampulla, originally attached to PUBLIC-3B23AD
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Helen Geake, 2017-07-25 13:00:11
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Medieval ampulla, originally attached to PUBLIC-3B23AD
Description
English: Lead ampulla that has a circular chamber and long rectangular neck, flanking the neck are two angled handles, these handles still retain some of the casting flash around the outside and completely filling the inside. The circular chamber is decorated on one side with a Lombardic T surmounted with a large crown. On opposite side is a fleur-de-lis, interrupted by a transverse casting seam; this is surrounded by a ring and pellet border. Running around the other edge of the chamber is a band of double opposing triangles. Length 54 mm, width 33 mm, thickness 11 mm, weight 46.5g.

The presence of the letter T strongly suggests that such pieces originate from the Canterbury shrine of Thomas Becket. Furthermore, the star pattern was used on pilgrim badges of Thomas Becket, suggesting that the star had acquired some special significance in the Becket story (Spencer, 1998, 109)

Similar ampullae, bearing a similar crowned letter 'T', are recorded on the PAS database (see LIN-54BE9D, BH-9CB614, LIN-25E422, HESH-8CE9E4, HAMP-204F64, LANCUM-521C00, LANCUM-ED91E5 and LANCUM-77A960). The combination of this with the fleur-de-lis is categorised by Anderson as his type II.30 (see Anderson 2010, 191; fig. 3c for an illustration).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date between 1350 and 1540
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 777768
Old ref: GLO-790D0C
Filename: PUBLIC3B23AD.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/623321
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/623321/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/777768
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