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Touch wood: luck, protection, power or pleasure? A wooden phallus from Vindolanda Roman fort
| العنوان: | Touch wood: luck, protection, power or pleasure? A wooden phallus from Vindolanda Roman fort |
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| المؤلفون: | Collins, Rob, Sands, Rob |
| المصدر: | Antiquity ; volume 97, issue 392, page 419-435 ; ISSN 0003-598X 1745-1744 |
| بيانات النشر: | Antiquity Publications |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| الوصف: | The anaerobic conditions at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall in northern Britain, have famously preserved a variety of finds made of organic materials, including wooden writing tablets and a pair of leather boxing gloves. Here, the authors re-examine a wooden object originally recovered in 1992, re-interpreting the find as a large, disembodied phallus. Stone and metal phalli are known from across the Roman world, but the Vindolanda example is the first wooden phallus to be recognised. Combining evidence for potential use-wear with a review of other archaeological and contextual information, the authors consider various possible interpretations of the function and significance of the Vindolanda phallus during the second century AD. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.15184/aqy.2023.11 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.11 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0003598X2300011X |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.56BCFC59 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.15184/aqy.2023.11 |
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