NLM-126D42: Roman phallic mount

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MOUNT

Unique ID: NLM-126D42

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Copper alloy phallic mount. Cast mount of phallic form, with a hollow behind the testicles and a low stud, now rounded but presumably originally for fixing, behind the mid shaft. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410.

Length: 22.6mm, Width: 19.1mm, Thickness (clear of stud): 5.0mm, Weight: 5.94gms.

Class: Phallic

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22.6 mm
Width: 19.1 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 5.94 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 13th October 2014

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM26532a

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Winteringham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE9221
Four figure Latitude: 53.67737737
Four figure longitude: -0.60870507
1:25K map: SE9221
1:10K map: SE92SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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