Phallic amulet
This phallic amulet has a suspension hole so it can be worn around the neck or from a belt as a charm. Amulets like this were popular throughout the ancient world and are often associated with the Egyptian god Bes, and linked with human fertility.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/370b
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Collector Excavator
- Montague, LAD
- Material
- faience
- Common Name
- phallic amulet
- Simple Name
- amulet
