Amuletic pendant shaped like phallic butterfly

Made:
200 BCE-200 CE
Amuletic pendant shaped like phallic butterfly

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Amuletic pendant shaped like phallic butterfly
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Amuletic pendant shaped like phallic butterfly, made of faience imitating ivory, slightly damaged, in display case with similar objects, probably Roman, from Italy, 200BC-200AD

Details

Category:
Classical & Medieval Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A67822
Materials:
earthenware (faience)
type:
pendant
credit:
Arte Antica e Moderna