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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman phallic pendant, missing roughly half of the loop.
The phallus is slightly curving in shape and 42.4mm long, with one rounded and one pointed end. The pointed end has additional moulding either side to represent the glands. This is also represented on the reverse which is otherwise plain. The rounded end has a small roundish testicle either side.
The phallus is rectangular in section with a groove running down the centre, petering out where the moulding begins. The phallus is widest just below the testicles at 6.3mm (and 5mm thick). This tapers to 4.8mm (3.6mm thick) above the moulding and 2.8mm (3.3mm thick) at the pointed end. Across the testicles it measures 12.2mm (the widest point).
At the centre of the reverse the broken loop projects. This is D-shaped in section and c.12mm in diameter (internal c.8mm).
The pendant weighs 7.19g.
Roman phallic pendants are more common to military and urban sites which suggests they have an association with soldiers (Plouviez, 2005), and are probably Roman as opposed to being indigenous. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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