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This lead lump turned out to be something very cool! I nearly threw it out with the shotgun shells and bits of lead I found. BUT When I cleaned the clay and dirt off I noticed it had a flower design on it so I gave it a few minutes in the ultrasonic cleaner and it\u2019s come up quite nicely:<\/div>\n
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It is about 4cm high and 3 wide. Has a flower on one side and an off-center cross on the other. I don’t think it’s crushed but oval to start with. A quick search on the British Museum\u2019s webpage found an identical item\u00a0called an \u2018ampulla.\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/864165<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ampulla\u2019s were used to hold small amounts of<\/span>holy water<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>holy oil<\/a>\u00a0in the Middle Ages and were often bought as souvenirs of pilgrimages. Similar\u00a0<\/span>ampulla are known from the late 12th century but was replaced by the popularity of pilgrim badges in the early 14th century w<\/span>hich means that this item dates from about <\/span>1175 to 1500 AD. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
I have reported it to the Finds Liaison Officer at the Salisbury Museum. \u00a0He may request to see the item in person but I believe they aren\u2019t inclined to keep it. \u00a0I will let you know what he says.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0I grew up with snake handlers living next door. That sort of thing makes you scratch your head.\u00a0Religion makes us do some crazy things.<\/p>\n

But as I look at this ampulla, dropped by a pilgrim on his way to or from Salisbury cathedral where it lay for 600 years till I came along and dug it up from the clay. \u00a0I can\u2019t help but be humbled by it.<\/div>\n
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I\u2019m not sure the 12th-century stonemasons working on Salisbury cathedral had any idea that people would still be admiring their work 600 years later but it humbles me to think about the great gulf of time and the mark they left.<\/div>\n
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I have no such enduring legacy.\u00a0 Each of them was part of a team and remain nameless but each was key in the endurance of the whole.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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