Amuletic pendant

Made:
500-300 BCE
Amuletic pendant

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Amuletic pendant, moulded blue faience figure of a male supporting a huge phallus, probably Egyptian, 500BC-300

Details

Category:
Classical & Medieval Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A666632
Materials:
faience
Measurements:
length 25 mm
width 8 mm
depth 16 mm
type:
pendant, amulet and phallus