Record ID: NARC-5C0816
Object type: AMULET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Amulet, of Roman date (AD 43-410). The object depicts a bird with folded wings standing on a phallus with the bird pecking at the phallus. The bird is small with a single ovate spur attaching it to the lower component of the amulet, this also forms the legs. The body of the bird is solid and ovate with a tapering pointed tail and a rounded head. One eye remains, which is an incised ovate. The beak projects downwards and an partially open and sub-triangular in section. The wings are formed by two elongated lentiods folded into the body. The back of the object is…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.