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| Image | Object Type | Find number | Broadperiod | County | Actions |
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Amulet | LON-3E7301 |
Roman | Greater London |
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| A rectangular sheet of un-corroded, lightly-patinated metal foil, dull copper-brown in appearance. Regular creasing indicates that the sheet was originally folded three times to form a small 'package', c. 37.5 mm square. It was unfolded by the finder. The whole surface is very crumpled, but a ser... | |||||
| Amulet | YORYM-357456 |
Roman | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
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| Worked boar or pig tusk, probably from the Roman period. This object is very similar to ESS-BAE7D1. This tusk has been damaged and is split. The tusk is missing its pointed tip. The tusk is C-shaped with a bottom heavy lozenge shaped section. It has a light whitish-brown colour. Boars tusks... | |||||
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Amulet | NARC-D8FFD6 |
Roman | Leicestershire |
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| Cast lead object. Flat reverse. Egg shaped in plan. Semi-circular in section. Upper surface portrays a human face. Raised horizontal lines represent eyes, either side of a raised bump fixed vertically to represent the nose. The mouth is represented by two horizontal, slightly upwardly curved line... | |||||
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Amulet | SWYOR-174FC1 |
Roman | Nottinghamshire |
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| A copper alloy amulet of a Sphinx having the head of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of a bird. The head is slightly turned to the her right. There is a loop on the back of the figure, in the small of the back, with a bar projecting back and up at a 45 degree angle above it. The loop on... | |||||
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Amulet | SF-EE7435 |
Roman | Suffolk |
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| A complete bone amulet, of probable Roman date in the form of a winged phallus. The pair of triangular shaped wings project from either side of the base of the phallus, their front faces decorated with horizontal zig-zag grooves at towards the front and vertical grooves towards the rear represent... | |||||
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Amulet | BERK-0B6771 |
Roman | Oxfordshire |
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| CORONER'S REPORT Description of Object Gold Roman amulet (lamella), comprising a rectangular sheet (lamella), cut from gold foil, with sixteen lines of incised text along the short axis (width). 12 magical 'characters' on lines 1-3 are followed by the main text on lines 3-16 in Greek cu... | |||||
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Amulet | LIN-F9F1F2 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| A probable copper alloy phallic amulet dating to the Roman period. The amulet is soid, cylindrical with one end being slightly flattened. Both ends of the phallus appears to end with the head of a penis, though the flattened end may be the worn and damaged beginnings of a suspension loop. The rou... | |||||
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Amulet | SWYOR-8F0C84 |
Roman | North Yorkshire |
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| A Roman inscribed gold amulet (lamella) comprising a rectangular sheet of gold foil, originally tightly rolled but unrolled by the finder. The resulting creases and corrugations were regularised by a metals conservator at the British Museum to enable an attempt at reading the inscribed text. The ... | |||||
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Amulet | LIN-2BE126 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| An incomplete cast copper alloy phallic amulet of a type strongly associated with the early Roman military. The amulet has an incomplete rectangular body that has a side wall 6mm in length tapering to the break. The side wall is decorated with diagonal grooves. The body has a circular hole in... | |||||
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Amulet | LVPL-6D9F23 |
Roman | Cheshire |
xml | csv json |
| Roman phallic amulet. It is copper alloy and oval in cross section. There is a small loop at the base. | |||||
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Amulet | SOM-53F806 |
Roman | Northamptonshire |
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| A possible cast lead amulet of Roman date. The possible amulet measures 24mm by 22.5mm by 9.1mm and weighs 28.6g. It consists of a convex face on a flat square background, cast in one piece. The face is oval, with lightly defined eyes, nose and expressionless mouth. It has no ears or hair. The ba... | |||||
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Amulet | LIN-9273A8 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| Possible Roman copper alloy phallus amulet. The object is cyldindrical, oval in cross-section, broken and one end and with a bell-shaped terminal at the other. The phallus may be from a small figurine or a broken pendant. | |||||
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Amulet | DENO-120680 |
Roman | Nottinghamshire |
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| Roman amulet; Cast lead human head. Sub-circular disc with moulded head on one surface. There is a zig-zag line in relief, indicating hair or a radiate head-dress of some kind. This frames the face and covers the ears. The face has prominent sub-circular eyes, a long bifurcated nose, an incised l... | |||||
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Amulet | DENO-0E4A27 |
Roman | Derbyshire |
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| Cast lead human head. Sub-circular disc with moulded head on one surface - with curly hair framing face and covering ears, prominent sub-circular eyes, long bifurcated nose, raised line for mouth and prominent cheeks and chin. The other side is flat and undecorated. There is no means of attachmen... | |||||
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Amulet | NARC-EE6293 |
Roman | Northamptonshire |
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| An unusual sub-rectangular object, possibly a crude early Roman imperial period fist and phallus amulet, perhaps even an individually crafted object based upon this object type. The images provided (see notes, below) show an object with one shorter edge rounded and the other perhaps formerly squ... | |||||
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Amulet | NLM-CE55F7 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
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| A complete cast copper-alloy object possibly of Roman date. The hollow cylinder has a horizontal gap along the bottom edge. It is decorated with a groove on each end and one in the centre with thinner grooves either side. The decoration is repeated on both sides of the object. The top of the cyli... | |||||
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Amulet | ESS-B4BC67 |
Roman | Essex |
xml | csv json |
| Complete cast copper alloy Roman amulet or charm. This charm takes the form of a three dimensional boar’s head from which extends a curved representation of a boar’s tusk. The boar head is simply rendered. It has a integral, subcircular ‘back plate’ from which extends the ... | |||||
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Amulet | ESS-BAE7D1 |
Roman | Essex |
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| Worked boar or pig tusk, probably from the Roman period. This tusk has been damaged and is now split approximately a third of the way along its curve from the hollow blunt end. A fragment of the tusk has sheared away at the pointed tip and is now missing. A further fragment has sheared from the m... | |||||
| Amulet | WMID615 |
Roman | Warwickshire |
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| Crescent shape item, with a semi-circular shape fix in the centre of the concave edge. This semi-circular shape is likely to a incomplete suspension loop as each terminal is tapered to a point and is worn. The crescent body of the item has some vague definition, with the tips being slightly more ... | |||||
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Amulet | WMID4035 |
Roman | Greater London |
xml | csv json |
| The amulet is a phallic symbol. Above the testicles is a protrusion which suggests a small ill-formed loop. Either side of this protrusion is a sub-triangular 'wing' similar to that of a bird in flight. Behind the 'loop' there is irregular shaped grooves, portraying pubic hair. The amulet has a d... | |||||
| Amulet | WMID386 |
Roman | Worcestershire |
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| Phallic object. The size of the shank is exaggerated. At the top of the shank a small protrusion suggests this is where a fixing/suspending form may have been. | |||||
| Amulet | WMID1627 |
Roman | Warwickshire |
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| The item has a sub-oval loop which is formed by a wire loop cast as part of the object. The loop is more narrow at the top. Only a fragment of the item remains. It is curved and semi-circular in section. The loop is not central and is placed at the apex of the curved component. The curved compone... | |||||
| Amulet | SF1327 |
Roman | Suffolk |
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| Copper alloy object, probably a hand and phallus amulet. Corroded particularly around fingers. Central pieced oval section has vertical ribbing on the front; projections to each side are flat backed; one is probably a phallus, while the other resembles an arm with a bracelet (?) and a hand, pos... | |||||
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Amulet | NLM5775 |
Roman | East Riding Of Yorkshire |
xml | csv json |
| Very worn, but possibly remains of a winged phallic amulet. | |||||
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Amulet | NLM2753 |
Roman | Lincolnshire |
xml | csv json |
| Phallic amulet, no attachments. | |||||
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Amulet | NARC800 |
Roman | Northamptonshire |
xml | csv json |
| A copper-alloy unidentified object, perhaps an amulet with stylised leaf shaped blade which has an integrally cast circular suspension loop on the same plane, the blade has been bent double. | |||||
| Amulet | KENT1893 |
Roman | Kent |
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| Small Phallic symbol with attachment at back of two prongs positioned in the vertical. Sally Worrell adds: Despite the lack of images, this object is likely to be a Roman phallic amulet in the form of a mount. | |||||
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Amulet | HAMP858 |
Roman | Hampshire |
xml | csv json |
| Two rivets on reverse for attachment onto belt etc. | |||||
| Amulet | HAMP524 |
Roman | Hampshire |
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| U- to V-shaped solid section with heavily worn suspension loop in centre. One terminal is broken but has traces of moulded decoration. The other terminal depicts an animal's head, possibly a dog, with moulded haunch at mid-point of bar. | |||||
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