Phallic amulet and hand
This Ancient Rome amulets is a compact archaeological artwork crafted in bronze and dated to the 1st–3rd century AD. Its scale and construction identify it as a personal object, intended to be worn or carried close to the body.
In Roman culture, phallic amulets were apotropaic objects associated with protection, vitality and good fortune. Works of this kind connect daily life, ritual belief and the symbolic power of the body in antiquity.
With its concise form and surviving material presence, the piece belongs to the gallery’s selection of Ancient Art and Roman objects, where intimate scale can carry strong historical and symbolic meaning.
No products in the cart.