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Description: | A Roman gold phallic pendant. The pendant has a substantial grooved suspension loop and a detailed representation of the male organ with testicles and erect penis, the latter with glans penis and urethra. In the hollow between the testicles there is faint evidence of pubic hair. Unusually the shaft of the penis bends downwards (rather than straight or even upwards) and is decorated on both sides with a series of diagonal grooves along almost its entire length. The pendant appears to have been cast with the suspension loop open as a flat strip. The goldsmith finished the object by closing the loop and adding the grooved decoration to the penis. The present condition of the pendant is excellent with no sign of damage (but was cleaned by a professional jeweller before it was reported). The design of the suspension loop is comparable to that of a gold phallic pendant from the continent in the Greek and Roman collection of the British Museum, ref. 1906.7-20.3 (Johns, C. 1982. Sex or Symbol? Erotic Images of Greece and Rome, plate 10). Catherine Johns of the British Museum comments (27.11.2000) that there are no Roman gold phallic pendants known from Britain. It measures 27mm long and weighs 3.86g. | Subjects: | Phallic | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Pooley, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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