Bronze phallic ornament, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, L. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm.), Bronzes, This ornament probably hung as a charm from a tintinnabulum, a wind chime adorned with bells and intended to ward off evil. These phallic tintinnabula were doubly apotropaic, the protective effect of the phallus strengthened by the ringing of the bells
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Bronze phallic ornament, Imperial, 1st century .D, Roman, Bronze, L, 4 1/16, 10.3 cm, Bronzes, ornament, hung, charm, tintinnabulum, wind chime, adorned, bells, intended, ward off, evil, phallic tintinnabula, doubly apotropaic, protective effect, phallus strengthened, ringing
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