Record ID: HESH-1165B3
Object type: PHALLIC OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy phallic votive model or pendant of Roman date probably 100-300 AD. There is some debate as to whether this is a pendant or not, a small knop is present at the rare of the object and is incomplete. However, it may be a stud, or more likely be a broken pendant loop. The phallic object is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and broadly sub-triangular in cross section. It tapers from front to back. The rear of the model is relatively flat with an abraded knop projecting relatively centrally. The edge of the model has a raised ridge which extends from one edge to th…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wantage', grid reference and parish protected.