ampulla
- Museum number
- OA.4313
- Description
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Earthenware pilgrim flask with a round body. The mouth is largely lost. On side (a), within a plain border, is a relief inscription, the letters between raised lines, above the inscription is an uncertain pattern between trilobate leaves. On side (b) is a scalloped 'ring' star, with studs in each scallop, surrounding a disc with a sunken four-petalled rosette or cross. Light orange-brown clay; traces of a white post-firing dressing survive.
- Production date
- 480-650 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 8.20 centimetres
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Width: 6.10 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Terracotta IV
Late Roman, about AD 480-650.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- OA.4313
