A Romano/Egyptian Faience Phallic Amulet, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 300 BCE – 300 CE Weights & Measures Professionally mounted on a tan

Professionally mounted on a tan cloth backing over a wooden stretcher

"The wild goat and Fikellura styles: some speculations" OJA 11 (1992) pp

Dimensions:  Height: 2 1/4  inches (5

possibly as part of a domestic shrine or votive setting

Bark paintings are created using natural pigments on carefully prepared sheets of eucalyptus bark

A Romano/Egyptian Faience Phallic Amulet, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 300 BCE – 300 CE Weights & Measures Professionally mounted on a tanA small blue faience amulet of the complete male organ, with a loop at the top for suspension or attachment. Used as a fertility and good luck charm, and the ultimate source of protection, phallic emblems are found on a wide range of Roman objects, from amulets to frescoes to mosaics to lamps. As the ancient author Pliny attests, even babies and soldiers wore such charms to inspire divine protection. Medium: Faience Dimensions: Pendant height: 1 2