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Description: | Lead possible pendant amulett. Oval section rod expanded and rounded at one end and tapered to a possibly knife-trimmed point at the other. Three holes of maximum diameter 1.7mm are drilled from the same side and are equidistantly spaced along the rod. The bulbous terminal resembles the glans penis whose shape was adopted to form Roman amulets, sometimes with simultaneous reference and resemblance to the ficus mano, or fig hand gesture. Both motifs were thought to offer protection to the wearer from the Evil Eye. The object might also serve as a stylus, with a point for writing and the rounded end for use - less satisfactorily - as an eraser - medieval lead styli sometimes bear mid shaft holes for suspended wear. However, they do not adopt phallic forms, as this object appears to do.Suggested date: Roman, 43-410. Length: 41.9mm, Width: 10.6mm, Thickness:8.0mm, Weight: 18.79gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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